Natchez 5-13

Any day that starts at the waffle house is a good day. From there, 2 guys headed to pick up a rental at the airport, Jason headed back to the trace departure point from yesterday, and 3 guys headed south on the trace. Typical weather- 2 hours of mist/fog, 2 hours in cool sunshine and then getting hot/humid. Faster speeds today as our panniers went with the car and even less traffic today than usual - we're thinking cause it's shabbos. Swapped drivers at lunch at sunken trace nature spot, then another hot afternoon with thunderstorms threatening around 5pm. Last roadside nap - where else is there so little traffic that you can do this? We met back up near the bottom of the trace to ride into town, and tried to go over the Mississippi into Louisiana, but no bike lane. Hotel vue with a view, fancy Mediterranean dinner in circa 1840 house. 45, 60, 96 or 103 miles. Still no flats.

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