Category: Louisiana trips
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St. Bernard Parish: the last ride on my 1974 Lambert; February 23, 2020
This week I took a daylong bicycle ride with Lyman to the bayou country east of New Orleans. I did not realize it would be my last ride on a bicycle I have owned since 1974, 46 years ago. This is what the bicycle looked like during this February 2020 ride from New Orleans. Background:…
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Right outside of Delacroix, LA; Feb. 24, 2019
Tootie and I have been staying more and more frequently at our friend Kirk’s place in New Orleans. It is relaxing just to hang out there. This time we stayed in the upstairs unit. It looks out over the street. Kirk allows us to store bicycles in the crawl space under her…
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Touring the Ninth Ward by Schwinn Typhoon, with Tootie, December 2, 2018
This is a story of a bicycle (Schwinn Typhoon) and a neighborhood (New Orleans’ Ninth Ward.). I have been taking longer distance bike rides for over fifty years, starting when I was about twelve years old. These first trips were on the bicycle I then owned, a Schwinn Typhoon. My friends and I rode…
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Bicycling Fat Tuesday with Tootie and Kathryn, Feb. 13, 2018
Mardi Gras translated from French means Fat Tuesday. In New Orleans it is both a season and a day. The celebration is a ramp-up; parades and parties start shortly after New Years Day and continues for over a month. Activity increases in intensity until the culmination on the Tuesday before Lent. Mardi Gras Day, that…
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