Day 55 - Oct. 29th I rode a good part of the day covering 83 miles!  Temperature started out with a chilly 36 degrees but started to warm up to 70 degrees by the afternoon.  Around Easleyville, LA in about one hour of riding I had 7 different dogs chase me!  Frankly this scared me to death although none actually caught me as I was riding on either a flat or slightly downhill road at the time.  I found out that even small dogs can run up to 22 to 25 mph for a short distance.  One dog got a bloody face when my pedal hit him in the nose.  He ran off yelping.....which served him right.  I stopped at the sheriffs office in the neighboring town and she stated it was a common problem as they don't have a leash law.  Funny thing is that they actually had a meeting a couple nights earlier to discuss the issue.....I hope they do something for the future.  Barbara bought me some mace and I also now own a loud police whistle which hangs around my neck....so dogs beware! I have only had 3 or 4 dogs chase me on this entire trip before I got to this point.