{"id":1027,"date":"2016-11-19T15:07:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T22:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2016-11-19T15:07:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T22:07:46","slug":"nov-19-franklinton-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/?p=1027","title":{"rendered":"Nov. 19, Franklinton, LA"},"content":{"rendered":"
I got on the road to leave Baton Rouge at 8:30 Friday (11\/18) morning, with my new friend Jonathan Cripe from the LSU racing team. John brought his cross bike, but he also does road racing.<\/div>\n
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Myself, Philip and John<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I should add that, when John is not racing, he’s working on his PhD in physics. John got to be part of the big gravity wave discovery some moths ago!<\/div>\n
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The ride out of town was really easy compared to most large cities that I have visited. After a while, however, the roads turned into very busy thoroughfares, with no shoulders. But, I made it. I noticed a lot of debris from floods along the road.<\/div>\n
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\"Debris

Debris from a recent flood.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Bottle

Bottle art<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I cranked out about 60 miles to a campground near Amite City. It started to get dark around 4:30, and **cold** as well. It’s always easier for me to sleep in a cold tent, and I relished the z’s. The wind was pretty bad, however, and one of the straps on my rain fly was torn off (it is easily fixed).<\/div>\n
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This morning (11\/19), I headed north to join up again with the Southern Tier cycle route, and headed east to the town of Franklinton. The dogs continue to be a real challenge on the smaller roads.<\/div>\n
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I’ve passed several lumber mills. This one makes pallets.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The local police department in Franklinton is part of the Warm Showers network and I intend to camp there tonight! Tomorrow, I will ride to the city of Bogalusa and spend the afternoon working and planning for the remainder of the stage.<\/div>\n
I will check in later,<\/div>\n
Scott<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got on the road to leave Baton Rouge at 8:30 Friday (11\/18) morning, with my new friend Jonathan Cripe from the LSU racing team. John brought his cross bike, but he also does road racing. I should add that, when John is not racing, he’s working on his PhD in physics. John got to
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