Folks are waiting for the computer, so one quick blog and I'm off. We biked 62 miles to Clarksdale, then 91 to Memphis the next day. That was a lot of miles in three days, so we are plenty tired, but we rested today in Memphis.
In Louisianna, the men all called me 'baby', as in "Aw Baby, you can't bike that far" and "Oh, baby, whats your husband doing all this time?" The women and children all say "Maam". Even the teenagers, even when there isn't a grownup listening!
That continued in Southern Mississippi, but as we headed north, the kids didn't say "Maam" as often and the women call me "Baby" too!
Yesterday I stopped in a little town and asked some young boys on bicycles where I could find the grocery where I was supposed to meet the others. One boy offered to take me there, so we biked along together and they stayed and talked for quite a while. The boys all want to know where I got my funny bike and did it cost a lot of money. They are all so sweet.
We were warned to be careful coming into Memphis, as we would be going through an unsavory neighborhood, but guess what? A lot of people still waved, the men all called out that they liked my bike, and no one bothered us. I sure wish I had time for more thoughtful writing, but I don't, so that will have to do for now!
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