We’ve been here three months today. Things have shifted and changed, so we will likely be heading out in two weeks or so. We’ve loved being here. As always we’ve loved the kindness and generosity of our hosts and of the locals. We’ve gotten caught up on hundred and hundreds of photos; we caught up …
Our first take on being here was the fact that it was really winter, as in a real season. The trees were all dry and bare, we could see forever into the trees, and there were very few birds. That all changed immediately. We spotted bits and pieces of green popping out here and there …
Field Trips In the early days Jim would take us along on his errands, providing us with a chance to see the surrounding area. We called them our field trips. Our first outing was to Clayton, Georgia, just down the road a ways. Jim’s favorite Mexican restaurant was full with the lunch crowd by the …
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Managing a sixty acre farm with four buildings on it is no small job at any time, especially when you’re a loner on your farm like Jim is. He relies on local guys to fill in what he can’t do, so he’s always got odd jobs he’s farming out. Jimmy is a local guy who …
We spent the next weeks in an American Picker mode, hunting for furniture in Pat’s basement and workshop, Jim’s Big House, the chicken shed storage areas, the barn, and around Pat’s house. Everything we found had to be thoroughly cleaned, as most of it had years of accumulated dust. We gradually put together the kitchen, …
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Getting There When we last left you three months ago, the Traveling Roses were happily tooling down the road in luxurious comfort with Kenneth and Krisy, headed to a meeting with Pat in Alabama. We’d left Gueydan, Louisiana around six-thirty. With the time change, it was still quite dark. Sunrise was an hour away. Anxious …
Saturday was St. Patrick’s Day. We wanted to get the makings of a car bomb, Guinness and Baileys, but it was way too problematic, so we settled for wearing our St. Pat’s Day earrings that Alex’s girlfriend Amanda had given us two years before. We felt very festive! Thank you again, Amanda Kincade! We cycled …
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It’s time to back up now and fill you in on an ongoing thread that was about to change our lives. In November last year, an old friend of mine looked me up online and got in touch with me. I’d only known him for three years, thirty-four years ago, but it was a memorable …
Our Only Bike Ride Since we’d not been riding for a couple of months, we spent time in Gueydan gradually getting the bikes ready. We’d also ordered a pair of Ortlieb waterproof front handlebar bags. Chelsea had eventually figured out how to install them, while dealing with those appallingly awful Ortlieb instructions and fighting off …
Our first day back in circulation was a memorable seven-hour endurance marathon to Lafayette with Kenneth and Krisy. What we’d expected to be a quick trip to Wal-Mart turned into visiting eye doctors, health food stores, grocery stores, beauty supply shops, friends in hospital, and last but not least, Wal-Mart. Krisy drove most of the …
