May 15th, Rest Day, Natchez

The Briar's Inn in Natchez is big and beautiful, on an enormous hill overlooking the river. They were not prepared for all these women and bicycles, but they graciously called in reinforcements and took grand care of us. We were pretty happy to have our luggage carried to our rooms for us! What luxury! We met Emily and Winston, the St. Bernard's that live in the very big house next door.

We took a carriage ride and tour of the town with James, and later on took the bus down to, well, eat, eat, and eat some more at Biscuits and Blues. There's Edith---with an awful lot of food for one tiny little woman! The food was hearty! Gumbo and catfish We had a couple of hearty thunderstorms in Natchez too. So far, very little rain while on the bike, but some wild storms. Here's another picture of the whole crowd...doing Sunday, 85 miles to New Roads from Donaldsonville, along the way Clark, Stephanie and I met a great family in Placquemine. Curtis Gooze, Brandon and Robert gave us water and barbeque! It was Mother's day, and Curtis was getting ready to feed whoever happened by...and that turned out to be us. We ate and then he insisted on sending us off with ziplock bags full of more food! Yikes, made for a long but grand day.what? Eating, of course!