Christ is King Catholic Church, Simmesport LA

 


Dawn over the bayou.

Fun time in our deluxe accommodations, easy to pack up and get moving. And we even had some microwaved Eggo waffles and real maple syrup for breakfast. Out of park onto not great Evangeline parish roads, no shoulders for much of the day. Flat, again the slight headwind from the east, not as cold as last few days. Into sugarcane fields, and in Cottonport a row of almost 200 year old live oaks.


Easy enough 56 mile ride today to Simmesport and this big Catholic church with a dwindling congregation. The priest lets us into the community hall building, where we will sleep inside out of the rain expected this evening. Showers are in the adjoining parish school building.  A full kitchen for Monte and me to make dinner. Menu reverts to scrambled eggs, sauteed spinach and mushrooms, and hash browns, plus the usual appetizers, big salad and bread, and for dessert the cookies left over from the Merryville history society dinner.

But first an excursion with Chuck to the drive through daiquiri bar he found a mile away for a quick beer (we had been told no alcohol allowed on church property). Back to finish prep and start cooking. Just before dinner the priest, Father Paul Kunnumpuram, stops by with a large bottle of wine to share.  And rain showers start, so we are happy and blessed to be inside.



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  1. NordenNovember 3, 2021 at 6:24 PM

    Belated happy birthday. Stay safe.

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  2. Fellow FietsterNovember 4, 2021 at 9:31 AM

    Brian here.
    Sorry to hear that other set of riders lost a life in crash.
    I like Louisiana already. PNW deluge here.
    Ride safe and within yourself.

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