Category Archives: Part 2

Day 25. 4/30/22. 57 miles. AIS 5:02 hrs. 1138 elev. 11.4 mph DeFuniak Springs FL to Marianna FL Putting on damp clothes. We had one morning in Louisiana where our overnight washed bike clothes didn’t dry out. Since we’ve arrived in Florida they are never dry in the morning. Doesn’t matter if they are onContinue reading “Threading the storm needle”

Day 24. 4/29/22 52 mi. AIS 5:20. 1216 elev. 10mph Blackwater River State Park to De Funiak Springs, FL. Things that might keep you awake at night. So we always go to bed at about sunset. Reading and/or blogging then it’s dark and goodnight. The State Park had nice campsites with some vegetation barriers betweenContinue reading “Whole lot of nothing going on…”

Day 23. 4/28/22. 58 mi. 5:26 AIS, 1220 elev. 10.7 mph Big Lagoon State Park to Blackwater River State Park. Curtis had an even better viewing of the alligator swamp activity last night. I’ll post his good photos here. The elevation today was not bridges, although we had a couple of them. It was truly,Continue reading “Heading inland (bye-bye coastal living)”

Day 22. 4/27/22. 63 miles, AIS 5:27 hrs, 580 elev., 11.5 mph Bayou LeBatre, MS to Big Lagoon State Park, Perdido Key, FL It should be noted for the last several days…since Louisiana mostly, any elevation gains in the stats are not climbing hills but up and over bridges. The riding has been very flat.Continue reading “Gulf Coast roads to Florida”

Day 21. 4/26/22. 69 mi. AIS 6:28, 741 elev. 10.6 mph Long Beach MS to Bayou LeBatre AL Such a pleasure riding all morning along the gulf coast. For quite a ways we had a bike path-ish route through Gulfport and Biloxi MS. I will comment yet again on the Mississippi bikeways, roads and cleanContinue reading “Gulf Coast MS to AL”

Day 20. 4/25/22. Long Beach MS. 0 miles. Rest Day The stats for last week (it was our biggest week): 412 miles. Avg miles per day 68.66, 7 days in Louisiana, total trip miles=1081 I should comment on how lucky we’ve been with weather the last 3 weeks. I only recall one very hot overContinue reading “Well deserved day of rest”

Day 19. 4/24/22. 74mi. AIS7:43. 560 elev. 9.6mph New Orleans, LA to Long Beach, MS My day started horribly wrong. In the wee hours of the morning, I woke up with the feeling I was going to throw up! Yep, in fact, I got to the bathroom and after a minute or so, I wasContinue reading “Bridges, Bayous, Crawfish or…(The good, the bad and the ugly)”

Day 19. 4/23/22. 66mi. AIS 6:33 hrs. 419 elev. 10mph. Poche Plantation Convent , LA to New Orleans This is coming a day late because we had an evening off and we’re in New Orleans! Blog posts can wait a day! New Orleans is experiencing their annual (but not in 2 yrs) French Quarter Festival.Continue reading “New Orleans!”

Day 18. 4/30/22 50 mi. 5:10 AIS. 249 ft. 9.6mph Leaving Baton Rouge around sunrise. The route took us on a very short bike path on the levee. Then we rode through the Athletic Complex area of LSU. Near the enormous Tiger Football stadium, past the Baseball and Soccer stadiums too. Very quickly we wereContinue reading “Earth Day and Plantations”

Day 17. 77mi. AIS 7:37, 619 elev., 10 mph Simmesport to Baton Rouge Out of Simmesport bright and early. Going to be a long, long day and we have to get into downtown Baton Rouge. As I’ve said before cities are exhausting with bad pavement, stop and go and traffic. Starts with a quick stopContinue reading “Bridges, levees and happy dogs”