We’re in Texas! We left Oak Grove yesterday morning, after taking time to clean our room and bathroom, eat a quick breakfast, and watch some Dancing with the Stars wrap-up interviews on TV with Jo-Ann. After big hugs with Donny and Jo Ann, we took off about 8:30. We started off in really good moods, …
We continue to have a really busy time here, especially since we are getting ready to go. We’re packing and getting our food ready for the trip, and I’m calling campgrounds and looking up hosts on Couchsurfing. Chelsea is doing our bike maintenance tasks. It’s amazing how much time it all takes. Birding – we …
We’re chugging along here in Oak Grove, making preparations to leave on May 20. We’re lining up places to stay and looking over the mileage and distances on our daily stretches in between stops. We’ve been riding every day, covering our usual 22+-mile route, and still dealing with 15-30 mph winds (which are head winds …
After having a week filled with writing and tasks, we thought we’d take Saturday completely off, doing as little as possible. Much to our surprise and delight, Donny came by midafternoon and invited us to go birding and adventuring with him, over towards the Texas border. Oak Grove to Texas and back We crossed Calcasieu …
Our weekend was extremely busy, filled with activities out of our local area. After a great breakfast at home, we started Saturday early with a two-hour car trip to Youngsville, up near Lafayette, to repair a hurricane-damaged stained glass window from the Baptist church in Oak Grove. The stained glass shop was really beautiful. It …
We’ve begun riding four to five days a week around Oak Grove and Creole and it’s been well worth the effort. We ride seven miles east out towards Grand Chenier, turning north just before the Mermentau River Bridge. We’ve got about a mile of east/northeast before turning north on Pumpkin Ridge Rd (a hurricane evacuation …
We’d planned on leaving Tuesday or Wednesday , but got so busy over the weekend that we knew we wouldn’t be ready to go. There was another four-day storm front coming in over the weekend, and we weren’t looking forward to being out in that, either. Monday, Jo-Ann asked why we were leaving; asked if …
Oak Grove – staying a bit longer, and glad we are Read More »
We’ve been under a severe thunderstorm warning for the last few hours, and we’re still under a tornado warning, but we’ve remained free of any excitement – in fact, the rain has just hit us and we think we’ll skip most all of it. North of us is taking a beating, though. I’m in the …
Around Oak Grove and Creole After a hot shower and an incredible meal of rice and shrimp in a roux sauce that first day, Jo-Ann took us on a tour of the local area. Asking how we felt about pizza for dinner (the answer was affirmative), we headed west on Hwy 82 to see if …
As we climbed down to our bikes again to get some clothes, shoes, and shower items, a utility truck pulled up in the driveway. We’d seen the same truck a few minutes earlier as we stopped at another house down the road, and yet again back down at Grand Chenier. Rolling down the window, the …
