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 …
New Orleans had a big impact on us for a number of reasons. The city itself has an amazing history and there are many sights to see; the impacts of Hurricane Katrina won’t be forgotten anytime soon; it was the start to a new phase of our bike trip; it was our first use of …
