We have died and gone to heaven. We are about 12 miles south of Centerville LA, down Hwy 317, staying with CouchSurfing hosts Russ and Paul. Back in 1989, Russ moved an old slaves quarters house onto his land, now measuring perhaps several acres. The land is bounded by 317 in front and by sugarcane …
We got a great start out of Lake End Campground – leaving about 8:30 – and headed out towards the city itself, and the first major bridge of the day. Only about 4 miles into our ride we reached the bridge, and in trying to figure where we should be to cross it, we were …
Saturday We awoke Saturday really feeling happy, and very proud of ourselves. The air temperature had cooled down a lot during the night, and the morning dawned clear and beautiful. We hopped up on the bikes and took off for a short ride around the campground, to get ourselves oriented. We planned on getting food, …
Leaving the comfort of the hotel in Donaldsonville was really difficult. We hadn’t stayed at a hotel in nearly a year, and the comfort and privacy were awesome. This particular hotel even had a decent breakfast included with our room rate – hardboiled eggs, toast, biscuits and gravy, fruit, cereal, coffee, juices, etc., so we …
We loved getting up today and being so organized, and we especially loved getting up in such beautiful surroundings. We did have our breakfast right when they opened (I got beignets again!), and we were on the road before 9:30 – our best yet. The road was pretty, and the ride was uneventful, except for …
We had an awesome evening last night with our hosts Phyllis and Reuben – we stayed up until almost midnight just talking to them. Both of them are possibly 5th generation locals, and listening to them was like listening to an audio history book – it was just amazing. We covered everything from Louisiana politics, …
Hot and windy. That pretty much sums up today. After an unexpectedly slow start – almost noon, we headed on down the road toward the plantations. The head winds were the first thing we noticed, and they were really intense. We started drafting each other – which we rarely have needed to do – switching …
I’m sitting down to do the blog before dark falls, and Chelsea is in the bathroom hand washing our cycling clothes with our new Campsuds – supposed to be good in cold water, hot water, and salt water. She’s finished the first round, and she’s wheeling her trailer out onto the porch in the sun, …
Getting back on the road It’s nearly 10 p.m. and Chelsea and I are headed out tomorrow morning early for our first real riding day of this next phase of our trip. We spent 3 months in Delray Beach, back at home, getting things all buttoned up for our next four years south of the …
May 15-19, 2008 Norco is a small Louisiana town about twenty-five miles west of New Orleans. It’s quite a pretty town, with well-kept houses and lots of trees and green lawns and flowering bushes in the yards. Surrounded by the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain, the Shell Oil refinery, and the Bonnet Carre Spillway, there’s no …
