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The month of October was supposed to be a month where I rode every chance. The weather finally starts to cool off and it normally is a month with little rain. We started out well with a small group ride to St. Francisville, Louisiana. On the way down we took the Natchez Trace Parkway to Natchez for lunch under the hill and a tour of Longwood. This home was started in 1860 and the workers were from Pennsylvania. When the war started they all left and only the first floor was finished. It has stayed that way to this day. That night we stayed at the Greenwood Plantation, a very nice Bed & Breakfast. Sunday we went to the Louisiana State Prison rodeo in Angola. Along with the rodeo they have crafts that the prisoners make which makes me happy we were on the motorcycle. Only so much stuff fits for the ride home. Not a great rodeo, but it certainly was entertaining. Nobody made the time on the bulls and only one rode the bronkos successfully, but the rest of the event was worth the time. I especially liked the event where they set up a table and seat four guys around it. Then they release the bull. The last guy to move wins. The first set didn’t move a muscle while the bull smashed through the table, knocking them all away. They declared that one a tie. The last event was with all the competition prisoners with a poker chip tied between the bulls horns. They all tried to grab and hold onto the chip. It took a while and a few of them got tossed but one guy finally grabbed it. I wish we had some pictures of the action but you couldn’t take a camera or cell phone onto the grounds.
The pictures are Longwood, Greenwood, and the group at Angola.
The pictures are Longwood, Greenwood, and the group at Angola.
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