We rode 107 miles today. Our route took us across the Mississippi River on The Martin Luther King bridge along Route 49 near West Helena.

The area we rode through was inundated with rain water and the fields are saturated. I am assuming they are cotton fields, but they are mostly unplanted as of today. This is a rural area and the few homes that we do see are either farm houses or small wood frame structures.

We are staying in Senatobia tonight. It is a dry county, so we couldn’t have a beer with our pizza. But I did drink 5 large glasses of ice tea, testimony to the fluids I burned on our ride today. I was really excited to enter Mississippi today, but I was reminded by the hills we encountered while approaching Senatobia that this ride isn’t over yet.

Tomorrow we head to Tupelo. It should be about an 90 mile ride. I don’t think Tupelo is in a dry county. Tomorrow will be a good day!