Arriving at Baton Rouge General Hospital to offer art making in the lobby. Thanks to art therapist Tiffanie Brumfield for setting everything up for us. Plus, we got to ride our bikes right into the hospital.

The beautiful set-up of Perry's respite for cyclists near Jackson, LA. We had a wonderful, relaxing, and refreshing stay with her after riding a torturous 80 miles from Natchez. We were spoiled by her amazing meals. (black rice! beans and quinoa! salads!)

Holly makes art with three awesome adventurers from Quebec. They are riding with their parents across the globe! Really! We finally caught up with them in Mississippi after hearing tales of them throughout the Delta and Mid-South. Check out their website: www.10piedssurterre.org

Another form of artmaking: Holly writes a message to one of the little French-Canadien girls on the Natchez Trace Parkway.

We found these wonderful women at The Attic gallery in Vicksburg. Lesley Silver has an awesome gallery and was extremely excited about our project. She was once quoted, "you need art to breathe." We love her!

We met Judy while making art in the Horn Lake library. It was starting to storm and she invited us to stay with her family. Dick and Annie spent some time making art with us as well. They saved us from a stormy, wet night in the tent.

We met Dave and Cindy at a campground in Clarksdale, and they are from Iowa. The showers and bathrooms were broken, but they offered us the use of their facilities in their camper! They also took us out to hear music, gave us coffee in the morning, and convinced us to stay an extra day in Clarksdale.

Holly sets up the art supplies for anyone interested at the Hot Tamale Festival in Greenville. Little did she know that she would soon be surrounded by dozens of kids eager to make art with her!

We met Sue in a bathroom, and ended up staying two nights in her house! She was a great hostess, and we had a wonderful time making art and laughing with her and her sister Joyce. We were so happy to have met her and her family, especially after the freezing cold campground the previous night.

Laura and Angus are from England and they stayed at the hostel with us. They are on their honeymoon!

More artmaking at Java Cabana. Erica sings rock songs about rocks, and Kaitlynne draws beautiful dogs.

The Art Therapy Pedalers surrounded by a pile of art therapy students and professors in Edwardsville, Illinois, at Southern Illinois University.

Happy artists in a park in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Henryk won the Best in Show award at the art event later that evening. We called it good karma after he spent the afternoon making art with us.

Popeye, the patron saint of Chester, Illinois. Our good samaritans in Chester were Debbie and Jesse, who gave us a tour of the town and pointed our way to the Chester Eagles where we stayed for the night. Hurray!