Almost to Texas

We can't wait to get out of Louisiana!! The poverty and trash everywhere is starting to get to me. This place makes Southern IL look classy. Nothing to look at really either. Yesterday we rode from Simmesport, LA to Ville Platte, LA. We stayed in Chico State Park. Pretty nice state park. I walked in the office there and they had two gator heads that were approximately 3 feet long. I asked the guy if they caught them in that lake and he assured me they did. I think they were 12.5 feet long each. We stayed about a half mile from the lake though so no worries. Yesterday's riding was around 55 miles with flat terrain. Really windy and cold though. Natalie did not like that. We camped in our tent last night (only tent in the park, hell yeah!). Got down to 25 last night but we stayed pretty warm. Natalie sleeps completely under the covers on those nights. We took off this morning with clear skies bur really really cold. I think it is supposed to warm up tomorrow. There is another warm front coming in. Today we rode 85 miles! This has been our longest day yet. No wind today but it stayed really really cold. Never warmed up today. Natalie was pretty blue all day. We met up with a german guy about halfway through our route today and he rode with us. His name is Stephan and I think we will ride with him at least through tomorrow. We kind of got caught in no-mans land so we had to go further to this campsite. They have cabins here which is nice because it is supposed to be cold again tonight. This campground is hilarious. There are ducks, donkeys, bulls, fish, cats, alpacas, and pheasants here.  They love cyclists here though! We have our own separate teepee. That's right; we are staying in a teepee. We plan to ride to Kirbyville, TX tomorrow and staying at a warmshowers place. So we will be able to stay inside again tomorrow. HUGE!! We are both exhausted today. I will try and update tomorrow again if this lady has Internet. Pray for warm weather. Internet is too slow to upload pictures. I will try at this lady's house tomorrow. Peace! We'll be in TX within an hour of riding tomorrow. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaa!

~Drew