Tag: bike
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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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Jackson, Mississippi (with a Stick in my Hand); May 9-11, 2024
I had never been to Jackson, Mississippi but because of one song “Stick in my Hand” I have spent many years thinking about the place. It’s a great song but is very tongue-in-cheek and gives no details about Jackson at all. I have been married to Tootie for just over forty years. We met in…