Category: Louisiana trips
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Prytania Street, New Orleans LA, 10/5/2014
If I was writing this ten years ago, I would have said that even though I loved New Orleans, there was a long list of reasons why New Orleans, at least on paper, might have been the worst city in America. Crime was terrible, public education was a mess, the streets were filled with potholes. …
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Cajun Country Louisiana, Feb 8 – 11, 2014
I got up at five something on a Saturday morning, driving to Charlotte airport for the nonstop flight at nine something to New Orleans. I had a free frequent flier ticket, and took the folding PBW bike in the suitcase. Upon landing two hours later, I found great lunch advise from Yelp, to help with…
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Cycling through Mardi Gras, Feb. 7 – 12, 2013
It had been over twenty years since I have been to New Orleans during Carnival season. This trip reminded me of what a great place New Orleans is. On short notice, Lyman invited Tootie and me to a very large and comfortable condo right off Canal Street, owned by his sister. …
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The Bayou: Thibodaux and Houma LA, 1/28-29, 2012
The bayou means all sorts of things, especially in popular music. CCR did “Born on the Bayou”, although I doubt they had ever been to an actual bayou. Even in the city of New Orleans a bayou can mean several things. Many times “the Bayou” refers to the entire rural watery region south and west of…
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