Day 33

Double lakes campground to Silsbee, TX. 82 miles. 1400 ft climbing

We got a later start this morning due to Craig changing a tube that had a slow leak. Also this was the last time we would see janet so we loaded up all of the provisions that she had in the car. Figbars, Belvita’s, instant oatmeal packets, and nuts.

It was very humid and for the first time on this trip didn’t need a windbreaker. I quickly broke out into a sweat. We began around 9:30

Winds were mild and not a problem until later in the day when we decided to continue past Big Thicket state park another 20 miles to Silsbee where we camped at an RV park. It was 6:30 when we arrived and were immediately attacked by mosquitoes. We found that they were mostly near the pavilion so we moved away to ‘survive’.

This area of Texas had huge storms last Wednesday with up to a foot of rain and a lot of the roads were temporarily closed due to flooding. However, by the time we passed through today the waters had subsided enough that we had no problems.