We are finally out of Texas! We were almost 2 weeks biking through that huge State. We are camped about 20 miles from this sign in a town called DeRidder.  Everybody talks with a very strong Southern accent, and everybody calls me “Sir”.  The roads are mostly flat and the biking is quite relaxed in terms of effort. We are right at 2,000 miles of biking since the start in San Diego and we have averaged 69 miles a day. We are scheduled to land in Portland April 27th so we are just a shade over 3 weeks until done. We took today, Sunday off and rested up. We attended 1st Baptist Church of DeRidder, and had a wonderful time worshipping the Lord.   Because of the tough week we had last week and Richards wounds from his wreck we are going to take tomorrow off as well. I was checking my bicycle tires today and they are totally worn out. The back tire especially feels about as thick as a piece of paper, and it is amazing that I have had zero flats. Tomorrow We are going to drive to Lake Charles about 30 minutes from here where there is a bike store and buy some new tires for my bike and new bike shorts for Richard in that his got destroyed from his slide on the pavement. Days like today and tomorrow where we mostly just sit in camp I do a lot of reading and writing, and enjoy it very much. The weather is beautiful and is supposed to be for the next week. Sorry about all the rain in Oregon!