all together we had to stop 5 times to reinflate /check /replug the tires. . Turned out that a short smooth day turned into another adventure and we barely made it at mikes place before sun down. He took us to a local restaurant where I had some crocodile and local cajun food. . But without the obstacles the trip would not be so much of an adventure and it is good to learn/see no matter how much preparation the environment will determine how the day will go.

Low milage ride today. Before leaving shreveport and mike behind we have a nice breakfast at waffle house. Turns out fast food for breakfast is not that bad. Before we hit the road we have to find a tire shop to inflate my tire as is seems impossible to get the correct pressure with the compressors at the gas stations. BMW has made it such that there is very little space to put the compressor nozzle on the valve. Without a nozzle that makes an angle of 90 degrees it very difficult to get 40 psi in the tires. Another lesson i learned from the flat tire is buy a compressor from the beging. I wasted 50 bucks on a hand pump and Co2 cartridges that are good for trash now. Most people get a nice 10 dollar air compressor from wall mart and it worked as expectedt so far. The ride got us into Texas where we stop in the middle of an isolated road to capture that milestone. Nice thing about our long distance trip is the people you meet on the road and at gas stations. This guy we met in mineola was so enthousistic about our journey i though he would jump on his bike and join us right away. Nice! Arriving in dallas at my friend jacob and his wife lacey we had an nice meal and a place to rest for a day. The mexican border is coming closer and we use this time to figured out the best way to cross the border the smoothest way. Most likely will will stay in brownsville to cross first thing in the morning this Thursday. On our way there we make a stop near austin to get a rear tire for a good deal.
Sorry no picutres for now i will try to upload the later if i can find a way around the upload quota