Update 3/27
Day #35
Today: Delhi, LA, to Delta, LA/Vicksburg, MS (36 miles)
Total miles: 1912
Tomorrow (plan): Jackson, MS
The story about today begins several months ago when I learned that the old US 80 bridge at Vicksburg no longer allows any automobile, bicycle, or pedestrian traffic on it. I contacted my friend George Mason, a Department of the Army civilian who works at the Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, and someone I had worked with many years ago when I was with TRW. Bicycles are not allowed on the I-20 bridge, so George agreed to transport us and the tandem across the bridge. After he picked us up in Delta, LA, he took us by his office where we met one of his office mates, Burhman Gates. Burhman and his wife Nancy invited us to stay at their home in Vicksburg for the night, and we accepted their kind invitation. The word in the office was that Nancy was a great cook, and that certainly proved to be true. There were lots of dark clouds in the sky as we arrived at their home, and the weather forecast for tomorrow looks pretty bad. Again it is questionable whether or not we'll be in the middle of a storm tomorrow.