Category: Bike Tour
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River Ridge, LA to Hammond, LA
Today we would backtrack 15 miles into New Orleans, starting on the same Mississippi River Trail that conveniently has a connection a few blocks from the campground. Its levee-top location means that it has surprisingly-few access points, and unlike other spots where the path angles up the slope, this one hits it straight on. You…
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New Orleans, LA to River Ridge, LA
Since last July (or maybe even earlier, when we were in New Zealand and decided that we would return to the United States), we knew that we would make it to New Orleans in late winter (at least that was our hope!) But that was our final target, and we’ve never added an additional one…
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New Orleans, LA
Day 5 New Orleans parade night #2! This trio of krewes was parading on their originally-scheduled night, and I joined Rett and Josh (who had gone out for a sushi dinner) where they had met Brielle again at her saved-spot on St. Charles Avenue. First up was Knights of Babylon, who pitch themselves as very…
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New Orleans, LA
Day 4 Today, the French Quarter! We likely walked something close to 10 miles on our daylong loop to Frenchmen Street and back. Since we started out by taking advantage of New Orleans’s liberal open-container law, filled with spirits matching the name of the city’s most-famous street, there’s a period in the middle where Rett’s…
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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…