Category: Louisiana trips
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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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Ninety minutes in New Orleans Treme and Mid-City 7/10/11
In almost any American city, one learns very quickly that there are places you do not go. There are streets you do not cross, neighborhoods you do not enter. When we lived in New Orleans in the eighties, we knew that when in the French Quarter, you did not cross Rampart Street. That was a…
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