Day 45 Pascagoula to Dauphin Island, GA

New state - our 7th and you know what that means! This crowd (including me) really looks forward to Michelle's margaritas. She's perfected the recipe! . . . We rode over the awesome looking bridge to DI with no trouble. Even Candice swallowed her bridge phobia and made the ride successfully. Unfortunately, Katie had a flat at the top on her Friday but was able to ride on in to the condos. . . . I enjoyed riding today with Linda, our cook, from the 20 mile sag on. BTW - Linda is featured in the May issue of BICYCLE magazine with her famous Mac and Cheese recipe for bike groups. . . . Mary Kay located a restaurant via www so most of us looked for it today for lunch. The Barnacle Restaurant turned out to be the perfect place for me to have an oyster po-boy. I've wanted one since we hit LA. . . . We're settled for two nights here at the Dauphin Island Beach Club and Condos. There are 5-6 of us to a condo. They all overlook a lovely swimming pool and beyond that is the beach and ocean. The decor is charming; we feel quite at home. Most of spent the afternoon lying by the pool or walking the beach. Phyllis fell asleep on the beach and got burned. . . My sunscreen protected me just fine. . . . I heard from Susan H. today. She and James, who has just graduated from high school, went skydiving yesterday! That is something I would NEVER do, so I'm really proud of Susan. I probably should take a ropes course or try sky diving in an attempt to get rid of my height phobia. . .To go with the margaritas, Linda prepared a delicious Jambalaya, salad, cornbread, and Paula Dean's recipe for banana pudding. I wouldn't think of telling you the ingredients of the latter but it was mouthwatering! My total miles are right at 2500. Getting close to the end and still enjoying every day.