Well, after two very comfortable weekend nights here at A Chateau on the Bayou Bed & Breakfast, I made it six miles away from Miss Claudette’s B&B this afternoon, occasionally enduring some light sprinkles from the sky (which actually felt good). There was a 50% chance of thunderstorms for today, and though there were clouds in the sky, the sun was shining on the B&B, so I decided to simply move forward. For miles out of Raceland, I was walking Hwy 182 en route to Hwy 90, and I was just outside the outer edge of very dark skies. A huge, intimidating system was lurking less than half a mile away. In one direction, there were blue skies with patchy clouds. The other direction, black skies filled with terror. Lightning was lighting up one half the sky, and thunder was roaring its way over to the adjacent sunny skies. I’d skirted the storm for six miles, walking mostly through grassy roadsides, aside a sugar mill, and on a dirt road through a sugar plantation(VIDEO), then Miss Claudette and a friend appeared unexpectedly to rescue me from some light, opening raindrops.
“Thank You, Miss Claudette!” I yelled to her, asking her to simply continue driving until she reached the next pull-off from the fast, moving, narrow two-lane highway.
“OK,” she told me, proceeding onward for half a mile.
It took me about five minutes to reach her, and as soon as she left, the tolerable light rain began to quickly intensify. Within two minutes I was in a downpour. A minute before reaching her car, her vehicle well within sight, powerful winds were whipping the raindrops sideways. Completely drenched and at a challenge to stand still amidst the suddenly intense winds, I arrive to her car door and hopped in without the slightest hesitation.
Miss Claudette returned me to her B&B, where I changed into dry clothes, and have also decided to accept her invitation to remain for today too, amidst patches of more thunderstorms. Clear skies for tomorrow, so we think, and I’ll move forward then.
Angels on the path… Absolute Angels…

For more videos from today’s storm-straddling miles, see my YouTube page.

Ms. Claudette Pitre in front of her Raceland Bed & Breakfast, A Chateau on the Bayou