Wow! A great day in every facet. Riding was great: no mechanical problems, the weather cooperated (clouds and wind at our back), and the pavement was good (barring a few gravel stretches). 106 miles and good spirits abounded today, and we even saw some zebras (that's right zebras the pic is on the twitter feed). And we topped it all off with an amazing dinner at Dupuy's Oyster Shop. If you are ever in Abbeville, LA I highly recommend it.
The interesting tidbit for the day happened at lunchat C'est Bon in Mermentua, LA. The only thing that I can compare it to is the scene from Animal House where they walk into the Dexter Lake Club to see Otis Day and the Knights. The record scratches, music stops, and all heads turn to the crew of frat boys walking in. In short, they were not expecting us to walk through those doors in our tight-fitting cycling gear and moustachces. Heads turned, confused and possibly threatening glances were thrown our way as we made our way to order. I am sure jokes were made and snide comments whispered, as the outsiders made our way to fill up on a Cajun lunch. It reminded me of a quote I read recently: "With heaps of overly specialized gear - gloves, shoes, biking jerseys - most cyclists realize that every day on the road is Halloween. Plain and simple, its wearing a costume each time out of the gate…We're neon signs, stylistically impaired wonders blinding pedestrians and fooling small children into thinking that the circus is back in town" (Joe Kurmaskie The Metal Cowboy: Riding Outside the Lines). We were happy to provide the entertainment for these folks (who were actually very nice to our faces). These weren't the first occurrences of this kind and surely won't be the last, but future cities of Louisiana beware...the circus is most definitely coming to town.
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