Thank God Almighty, We Are Headin' North at Last

Well, after the month of biking South on the Pacific Coast in March
Then biking East from San Diego on the Southern Tier for April and the first 3 weeks of May
We have finally turned North.
At last.
We're still a LONG way from home, but at least it feels like we're finally headin' in the right direction...

It was a little sad turnin' off the Southern Tier this mornin'; in the middle of nowhere, no one around.
When we took our little "shortcut" up LA 15 along the West side of the mighty Mississippi to Vidalia. There was not much between the early bridge that had a "no bikes" sign on it (and then an official "bike route" sign right after the bridge too. Weird. And it is a recommended route on the LA Bike Map. The "no bikes" sign must be to make the lawyers and insurance company happy, I reckon.) and that little empty church that we made it to after about 70 miles, parched, out of water, and suffering in the 90 degree heat with the sun blazin' down. So we found an outside faucet and our gravity (water) filter and drank a bunch o water before pickin' up some trash round the place as a sort of thank you.

I was thinkin' I'd listen to and post a link to that famous speech by MLK, but I feel a little self-conscious pullin' it up here in the RV park with the (LA and) MS flag(s) flyin' - you know, the one with the Confederate flag still embedded in it...

Might be t-storms tonight and/or tomorrow. Tenting tonight, not sure about tomorrow - other than I'd like a day off, and we might get wet. Then it'll be over the Mississippi river and into Natchez, MS, and on up the Natchez Trace. Worried about campsites what with the Memorial Day weekend comin' up. Hope we don't end up stranded on the side of the road.
But then again, the last time that happened (in Pismo Beach, CA) we ran into Elicia and Joe and salvaged a pretty good time out of it!