Trans America Cycling Day 36 - Amite, LA to Bogalusa, LA
The link to today's route and statistics is found here . Today we had a relatively easy 48 mile ride across rolling hills in the top of the foot and out to the top of the toe of Louisiana. Hint, look at the shape of the state of Louisiana. We finished in Bogalusa, within a few miles from the border with the state of Mississippi. One of the principal employers in the city of Bogalusa is the International Paper Company. Surely many of the logging trucks that chase us down the roads are delivering to International Paper. Paper plants have their own distinctive aroma. The smell of the plant in Bogalusa was quite tolerable today as we cycled past. Massive Bogalusa plant where many logging trucks deposit their load Several stopped at a street vendor selling boiled peanuts on the way into Bogalusa. Boiled peanuts can be purchased plain or Cajun style. In southeastern states many gas stations have pots of heated boiled peanuts on display. Buyers select