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Cycling back from Venice LA, April 2 – 3, 2025
There is no exact point where the Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Eighty miles south of New Orleans the river has almost reached the Gulf when the highway ends in Venice LA, on the bottom right of the Google map below. Beyond Venice there are just smidgeons of land, accessible only by…
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Pointe aux Chenes; March 23, 2025
I was looking for my next adventure. A peaceful bike ride in south Louisiana can be a secondary road that follows a bayou near to where the pavement ends in the marshes. Pointe aux Chenes, twenty-three miles south of Houma LA and seventy-five miles south of New Orleans looked to be such a place. Many…
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Memphis TN, March 16-18, 2025
I like trains. My relationship with Amtrak is like that with a mythical demented relative. You love them, you nourish them, but it is exhausting and you sometimes silently wish it would all just end. There is a daily Amtrak called “The City of New Orleans” that runs New Orleans to Memphis to Chicago, taking…
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The complete Washington Avenue tour; March 19. 2025
What if I bicycled the entire length of Washington Avenue in New Orleans? The street is only four miles long but I suspect people think the idea is crazy. Parts are considered unsafe. It is a fascinating mostly two lane city street lined with live oaks as it passes through areas of huge cultural and…
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