Category: Bike Tour
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McComb, MS to Meadville, MS
Rett was pretty chilly all night. I’m not sure if elevating the tent on a wooden platform makes it feel colder or warmer vs. putting on the ground as God intended; I suppose it depends if the air temperature is colder than the ground temperature? And since highs have been in the 70s here for…
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Hammond, LA to McComb, MS
It’s merely a coincidence that we resumed our movement on the 3.5 year anniversary of the start of our nomadacy. The real reason was because someone else had booked our AirBNB for two nights in this otherwise-empty two months span, so that’s what fixed the end of our 3 weeks of rest. But once we…
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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…