On my way to Holiday World, which is conviently located in Santa Claus, IN, and realized the importance of my lacross ball for my bike trip. Instead of sleeping for the next hour and a half (and for those who know me I am asleep before the end of the block in road trips so this post is pretty altruistic on my part), I have decided to write about day 6 since I am only a month behind.
Day 6 - Jackson, MI area. Zach's dad lives very conveniently located in this area and provided us with 2 days of non gas station food, a crawfish boil, 4 wonderful dogs to love, a bed that has a roof over it, clean clothes, and a day to trip to New Orleans! Finally rested and ready to ride! During these past two days I faithly used my lacross ball to stretch my legs and prevent sciatic nerve pain. (Another post shall be written later about this lovely process)
Started at mile 135 and ended at 79. We decided to do this portion on a Sunday, since the trace is used by commuters. I would recommend avoiding this stretch around work/home commute times for safety reasons.
My favorite stop was during this day at mile 122 - cypress swamp! Being a city girl this half mile loop around a swamp is perfect! It only took about 20 minutes, and this was a very good stop to stretch the legs.
During this stretch you go around the reservoir (which is pretty much a giant lake) and you have the opportunity to take the people trail. The trail starts at the overlook (mile 105 I believe) and can take you to mile 89. You still have the opportunity to see every exit, but with out the traffic. Bikes are the fastest moving objects on the people trail. It was nice to be next to the trace with the same scenery, but without the vehicles to worry about graciously body tapping you off the road.
Where we ate was a very
Interesting little spot sponsored by Mr. Henney's Random Spot Finding Ability. We ate at biker/boat stop along the river near the trace called Ratliff ferry trading post. Food was expensive, but it was nice to eat some different than gas station food. Beer prices were excellent! I believe they had a campground area, which would make it a nice place to sleep and drink some brews on the patio looking over the river.
We saw an alligator!!!!! Slammed on my breaks freaking Zach and the car behind me out, but it was amazing! It was located on the opposite side of the reservoir near a bridge.
Another friend that we met was Frediña. She was trying to cross the road, but was going at a very slow pace. Thankfully I was able help her along her journey.
Zach made a friend as well, who decided to hitch a ride for about 10 miles. His name was Chipetto and he was a lovely green bug, who could win any long jump contest. I decided to let Zach have alone time with his friend, since I'm not a big fan of jumping bugs.
Beautiful ride! Thankfully we rode unloaded, which was wonderful! We were finally able to ride next to each other during this leg of the trace due to flatness of the area. We then were picked up at mile 79 by the one and only Mr. Henney.
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