Category: Mississippi

  • Bay St. Louis, MS to New Orleans (East), LA

    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,…

  • Gautier, MS to Bay St. Louis, MS

    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…