Natchitoches

Today's ride was only around 53 miles into a town that we can't pronounce to save our lives. What we do know is that it was the first settlement after the Louisiana Purchase. Because it was such a short ride, we were in no rush to leave Alexandria. My chore group this week is trailer crew so we had to be up even earlier than our normal 4:45 wake up in order to properly pack the trailer.

I rode with four other girls- Margaret, Jenna, Chelsea, and Melissa. We took it slow and had some really interesting conversations throughout the morning. It was one of those days where we turned left out of our morning host, got on one rode for 53 miles, and then turned into our evening host. Along the way we stopped a house with a "free puppies" sign. We must've stayed for close to an hour debating on whether or not the 30 of us could care for one of these black labs. We spent the afternoon checking out a local fort and a quality ice cream spot. Our host for tonight is another Wesley Foundation like the one we stayed at near FSU, but this time near Northwestern State University.