Follow the Tracks to Pascagoula, Mississippi

Joan's View

We started out a little later this morning so that we could enjoy the nice breakfast at the Carroll House

Bed & Breakfast. It also helped to allow the temperature to warm up outside since it was in the 40's earlier today.

Today was 52 miles. We followed the railroad tracks for a big part of the ride, with the road weaving from one side to the other. Maybe Tony picked this route because he loves the sound of trains so much growing up near tracks. 

The 2nd bump viewed from the 1st bump

Tony pulled his usually bike trick again on this trip when he took us through road construction. It was a short distance, but I think because we have done it so much in the past, he loves checking out the contractors' work in these new places.
We went over 3 bridges that I call "double bump bridges." Once you pant and peddle up the first incline, there is a little flat part and then you need to push more to get up the middle bump. Tom catches up to us on the inclines, but then, with our weight on the tandem, we fly down the other side leaving Tom quite far behind. He always catches up though.😀









Over the first bridge, we went through Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport, and Biloxi. We rode on the board walk when whenever possible. In Biloxi, we stopped at a beach building (to use the bathrooms) and saw these amazing markers for the water levels from past hurricanes. The red marker at the top shows the water level of Hurricane Katrina. Wow!

We stopped in Biloxi for lunch. We ate at Adventures. How cool is that since every bike trip is another adventure?










I also made the guys stop so that I could get this picture of one of the many houses decorated for

Mardi Gras. They decorate a month in advance for Mardi Gras the way we decorate in advance for Christmas. I told Tony that it's mostly Choice One colors (green, purple and Yellow) so maybe Choice One could adopt Mardi Gras as their company holiday???

We hustled to get to our destination in Pascagoula so that we could take showers and get to mass by 4:00. Sherpa Cindy was on top of the situation and had our bags already in our rooms. What a huge help that was! Tom & Cindy kindly even went to mass with us at Our Lady of Victories even though they are Lutheran.

After mass, we decided on eating at Bozo's, the top rated restaurant in Pascagoula. Tony got a Bozanga Burger and I got a picture.

One more cool picture for the day.

Tony's Extra

Today was another great day of bicycling. The three long bridges were awesome. Two of them had bike paths separated by guardrail. The other one was a wide shoulder. Tonight we are staying in the town that was the birth place of Jimmy Buffet. We blew right by the sign in a rush for church so we didn't get a picture. Actually the weather has been pretty good temperture wise, I don't think anyone really is getting cold. As for me, it reduces my amount of sweating tremdously. Looking forward to another long day of bicycling tomorrow.
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