Travel Journal
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New Orleans, LA
Day 2 Rett’s original dream was to stay in the French Quarter, but even if price was no object, the few places available felt like they’d be bait-and-switches. So we ended up in the Garden District (technically Irish Channel), on the opposite side of the Central Business District (but still less than three miles from… Read more…
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New Orleans (East), LA to New Orleans, LA
When we looked to make a reservation a few weeks ago, we found that accommodations in New Orleans during Mardi Gras season are heavily weekend-focused. So in order to get a reasonably-priced place to stay for five nights, we had to do Sunday through Thursday. That’s why we stayed in such a junky motel last… Read more…
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Bay St. Louis, MS to New Orleans (East), LA
Today we needed to cross the Pearl River, which defines the border between Mississippi and Louisiana. The obvious route is to continue west on US-90, but when I plotted the general route to New Orleans weeks ago, the routing algorithm refused to let me go that way. Huh? The next crossing is 6 miles north,… Read more…
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Gautier, MS to Bay St. Louis, MS
Taking a “cold day” was a good choice. While the morning temperature on our day off didn’t quite get below freezing, it only rose to 46°F at its peak, so that would have made for a pretty miserable day of riding, especially with the 15mph north winds. This morning actually dawned colder, at 28°F, but… Read more…
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Mobile, AL to Gautier, MS
Day 7 Somewhere in Florida, I noticed that Rett’s rear wheel had a bit of play in it, wobbling from side to side a tiny amount if I grabbed the tire with my fingers. This suggested an issue with the hub, and while it would be relatively easy to tighten the bearings and remove the… Read more…
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Mobile, AL
Day 4 This day we got in the car and drove out to Fairhope, some 30 minutes away on the east shore of Mobile Bay. It’s the town where Rett and I would have spent the night on the way into Mobile if the ferry hadn’t worked out, but we would have seen essentially nothing… Read more…
