Day 32, Franklinton to Poplarville, Mississippi 55 miles

We have been yearning for a bountiful breakfast and finally there was a McDonalds in town and we ordered the big breakfast - eggs, sausage, hash browns, pancakes, and orange juice. Well nourished we started cycling shortly after seven.

After the town of Bogalusa, we crossed the Pearl River and entered Mississippi!

The remainder of the route was spent on very back roads. There were pine forests, bogs, and pastures for cattle and horses.

One horse was brave enough to try one of our healthy odwalla bars which he spit out. Apparently he thought the bar was just as tasteless as we had discoverd. ( Which one of the ladies do you think had a horse as a child?!!)

By noon we had reached Poplarville and had lunch at the Pearl River Community College - fried chicken that was plump and tasty.

The students came up and talked to us. Some of the students live on campus and after two years they can transfer their credits to the University of Mississippi. ( we asked them to clown for the picture.)

We spent the afternoon exploring Poplarville- an art studio, a secondhand book store, and a drug store with a with a soda fountain in the back of the store where we relished two chocolate ice cream sodas.

For dinner, we decided on a repeat performance at the college  cafeteria, since we are tired of all the usual fare. Once again, it  was tasty and economical at only five dollars. The staff there was extremely kind and interested in our trip.   People have been so very  nice

Tomorrow, off to Van Cleave, where we will be seeing Bubba and his  group again, we hear. That should be lively!

"And what's the reason?" Asked by a young man when hearing about our trip.