April 6 Day 16 cycling Kirbyville to Kountze, TX

I forgot to mention how stressful the dogs were yesterday and today. Western LA and eastern TX are living up to their bad reputation of having bike-chasing dogs! Steven already ran out of “juice” in his airhorn, and I’m running low! Thankfully Jody already bought more at Walmart. These small horns (used often by boaters) have proved to be 100% effective stopping the dogs in their tracks! However, by using them, I am probably hastening my eventual need for hearing aids! 😩

Started out on a chilly, dry morning from Kirbyville and enjoyed three very satisfactory TX roadways even with log truck traffic! Winds were a little squirrelly but mostly from the N/NE so that was highly favorable for our W-S-W travel! Finished today before noon 😊 48.2 miles and 767‘ elevation.

Visited the Big Thicket National Preserve Visitor Center in the afternoon. Google it and learn about bushwhackers! And so exciting the carnivorous pitcher plants were blooming! First time seeing them in “the wild”! Did a 1 mile walk to see them. 💪 😆 Cooking dinner “in” on our camp stove in our first rate 2 star motel.