Days 52 & 53 - Oct. 25th and 26th I had a great ride on Saturday from Lebeau to Jackson LA.  These are both small towns on rural roads that you probably cannot find on most maps.  As you have noticed my riding is mostly on rural roads which are picked because of lack of traffic and they usually are the scenic routes.  They are often not straight routes from A to B but instead wind around.  That is why my trip is probably 20% to 25% longer then if I drove in a car.  When I started to ride the temperature was about 46 degrees and rose to a high of 72 for the day.  There was frost on the ground and I could see my breath in the chilly air.  I rode most of the day with the Mississippi River to my left.  The river basically winds its way down finally draining into the Gulf Coast.  When up close to the river you can see why they call it the Mighty Mississippi.  It seems to flow in all directions in the particular area and can understand where there are so many dikes, dams, floodgates etc.. as the river would takeover otherwise.  Also in this area I have seen some of the largest and most beautiful Oak Trees.  Just like the pictures in books, these large Oak's are covered in Spanish Moss.  I also saw a couple picturesque plantation type mansions that were usually back off the main road.