Update 3/31
Day # 39
Today: Meridian, MS, to Demopolis, AL (58 miles)
Total miles: 2150
Tomorrow (plan): Selma, AL
The weather forecast we heard last night made us wonder if we would be able to ride today, although it sounded like the lightning and thunderstorms might not occur until later in the day. We awoke to overcast and threatening skies but no rain, so we had breakfast at the local McDonalds and headed eastward. About an hour into our journey, while we were stopped at a convenience store looking for bananas and Mississippi post cards, there was a brief shower that caused us to break out our rain jackets. No luck at that store, so we went to the next one, and while we were in the store, there was another brief shower. We found the post cards, but had to wait for many miles to find the bananas. Our luck continues to be phenomenal, as that was the only rain for the whole day. There are not many towns in this part of Alabama, so we were prepared when lunch time came around, pausing along the road to eat what we had brought with us. We encountered one of those new sections of US 80, and made excellent time into Demopolis, arriving there at about 4:30 PM. We checked out a couple of motels before settling on one right across the highway from a Taco Bell. After dinner and hot showers we watched a little TV to catch up on the news and weather and then retired for the night.