Coast-to-coast ride
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April 28, 2021
2021-04-24 Day 44
Rest Day! Really needed the rest day today. The location, Dauphine Island, is great. It has a long beach front on the Gulf. I walked the beach for a while with Tom and Yvonne, and then just sat on a log and enjoyed it for a while. There was also a local Estuarium that […]
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April 27, 2021
2021-04-23 Day 43
Duct Tape is magic! One of my 4 allowed bags had a huge rip in it this morning. Fortunately, we had some duct tape available. This stuff is the traveler’s best friend. All of my equipment and clothing is showing signs of wear and tear at this point in the trip. Hopefully, it will […]
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April 26, 2021
2021-04-22 Day 42
A very brisk morning to start the day! Today we started riding with the temperature in the 40’s. We have a limited amount of clothes because of baggage limitations and everything we have must follow us from place to place. So the riders have to get inventive to stay warm. Here, Beth is dealing […]
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April 23, 2021
2021-04-21 Day 41
Leaving Louisiana and crossing into Mississippi. We had a very nice facility to stay in last night. The big event today is that we are going to cross into Mississippi from Louisiana. The boundary is designated by the “Pearl River.” But we didn’t get to do that until we first had to fix a […]
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April 23, 2021
2021-04-20 Day 40
Putting in the miles! A special message for Aunt Toni: being careful with choices. Today was about putting in miles. The route is a straight east shot through Louisiana where there is not a lot going on; we just have to make it to the next stop. Although we started out with a […]
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April 23, 2021
2021-04-19 Day 39
Rest Day! Today was a rest day at a Girl Scout Camp in Franklinville. There was no Internet and little phone service, so I did what I should have given the events of the last week or so: I rested. I didn’t take many pictures or interact a lot with people. I slept, maintained […]
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April 23, 2021
2021-04-18 Day 38
Crossing the Mississippi River, the “swamp” road, and a generally busy day. Currently, there are 21 riders. There is no specific protocol for riders to ride together, or alone, or at the same speed. But we do tend to clump together with groups of riders that ride similarly. So many of my pictures and […]
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April 21, 2021
2021-04-17 Day 37
Our first full day in Louisiana! Today we left Deridder, LA and are heading to Opalousas. The first thing I managed to do was to stop and try to take a picture on some cows in a pasture and somehow I spooked them so they all ran away from me! There is a tremendous […]
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April 21, 2021
2021-04-16 Day 36
Finally exiting Texas! After 19 days and about 1,076 miles of the much maligned (and rightfully so) chip and seal road surfaces, we are leaving Texas. A third of this trip is in this “ginormous” state. Once again, we started out after rain at night and cloudy weather, but we had been really […]
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April 21, 2021
2021-04-15 Day 35
Back on the bike … mostly. Last night, we stayed at the Shephard Sanctuary. This was an odd little place that had small (very small) little cabins just big enough to sleep one or two people with not much room left over. They did not have bathrooms. There was also some room for camping. […]
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