11/01/2011 - Day three was great riding. The weather was perfect and the roads were uncrowded. The ride from Bessemer, AL was rather uneventful. The roads AL-5 and US-43 were actually kind of boring. They were just plain straight roads through farm country; although, one advantage was being able to open up the throttle. We had a couple of opportunities to BRIEFLY hit the 100MPH mark. It was awesome. US-43 took us right into Mobile, AL where we picked up I-65 to I-10 so that we didn't have to drive into Mobile.
We made a quick pit stop at Subway for lunch/dinner at 4:00 and then proceeded to hop onto US-90 for the trip across the Gulf Coast. In 20 miles we were at the Mississippi border. We stopped for a quick photo shoot and were then on our way again. At fist, US-90 sucked. It was like driving on Polaris Parkway at rush hour; however, once we got into Biloxi, MS we were right on the Gulf of Mexico riding into the sunset. In fact, it was so pretty that is where we decided to stay for the night. We got a room at the Quality Inn with a view of the ocean. It was nice not to be riding after dark for two days in a row. We spent much of the evening hanging out at the picnic table looking out on the water. Ask me about the white Honda Odyssey sometime.
So the total mileage for the day was 291 and we have 81 miles to get to the French Quarter today. As of this writing Tim and Dan are 151 miles from New Orleans. They've been driving all night and we'll all meet up later today. So I'm off to collect my last state today. I'm beyond excited.
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