I decided to end my bike tour in Natchez. I never got in the "zone" for a multi-week tour this time - I had too many distractions (mostly work-related - I was answering customer support emails on the side of the road, which is not ideal), and also I was more homesick than I expected. At age 55 (in a month), I think my days of extended (multi-week or multi-month) bike tours are over, although I believe I'll continue to enjoy shorter ones, like this one ended up being. 

The riding itself was great every day. This was a *very* nice, ultra-low-traffic route overall. I was pleasantly surprised by how polite drivers were in the deep south. If I hadn't already done a lot of riding through some of the poorest parts of Eastern Kentucky, I would have been shocked by the level of poverty I saw in parts of Alabama and Mississippi. And the dogs in Mississippi were probably as bad as they are in Kentucky. Still, everyone I met on this trip was very friendly.