We are in New Orleans!!!!!!
We've been getting ready for Nola since the beginning of this trip, so we are all quite excited to finally get here! It took another long rainy day to get here, but we were well entertained along the way.
Today's 69 mile ride kept us in view of the coastline for most of the trip. As a group, we had previously decided to start up "rando rides," which are half day rides with someone that you have not ridden with as of yet. While I feel like there are still a fair number of people that I have yet to ride with, it has been my goal to ride with everyone in the group. Today marked the first of these, from our start to lunch.
When it comes to lunch, sometimes you have awesome lunch spots and sometimes you have normal ones (they haven't been bad yet ). This time, the lunch stop was one of the cooler ones, as we stopped after crossing an old lifting bridge at a bayou tour business. Although I did not partake in the tour, a small group of riders did and they had a great time!
After lunch, we continued on our way and battled even more drenching rain. As we were cruising along, I noticed something quite unexpected... a crawfish in middle of the road! It appears as though it was time for the crawfish to be moving about (in the rain), because I never would have expected to see one in the road! Once we stopped, we saw many others in the puddles and mud around the side of the road, but we took it upon ourselves to name our first friend Wilson. Wilson has a starting time in a short video of clamping into Rhys' lip, who allowed it on behalf of a dare.
Another story from the road... as we reached the final stretch into Nola, we found ourselves almost on the set of Terminator 5! As we passed a construction lot, I called to the group that there was some plane wreckage inside and that maybe we should check it out! The gate was open and we didn't see anyone around, so we bicycled in just to get stopped instantly by a security guard. Although he didn't allow us any further in, he did tell us that it was a movie set for T5 and that no, he hasn't met any big stars yet.
How many more things can I talk about? Well, dinner this night was not provided by our welcoming hosts at Camp Hope (where we will be spending the next 6 days), so we went instead to a feast at a Nola Hare Krishna temple. It seems as though this dinner service is regular and always free to anyone, but we went early to join in with a religious praising and offering to Krishna. With dancing, chanting, and wonderful food, this is not a night to forget.
As we are in Nola and we have no curfew tonight, it is only fitting to enjoy the town! To end the night, we headed out as a group to have some fun out on Bourbon and Frenchman street.
We've been getting ready for Nola since the beginning of this trip, so we are all quite excited to finally get here! It took another long rainy day to get here, but we were well entertained along the way.
Today's 69 mile ride kept us in view of the coastline for most of the trip. As a group, we had previously decided to start up "rando rides," which are half day rides with someone that you have not ridden with as of yet. While I feel like there are still a fair number of people that I have yet to ride with, it has been my goal to ride with everyone in the group. Today marked the first of these, from our start to lunch.
When it comes to lunch, sometimes you have awesome lunch spots and sometimes you have normal ones (they haven't been bad yet ). This time, the lunch stop was one of the cooler ones, as we stopped after crossing an old lifting bridge at a bayou tour business. Although I did not partake in the tour, a small group of riders did and they had a great time!
After lunch, we continued on our way and battled even more drenching rain. As we were cruising along, I noticed something quite unexpected... a crawfish in middle of the road! It appears as though it was time for the crawfish to be moving about (in the rain), because I never would have expected to see one in the road! Once we stopped, we saw many others in the puddles and mud around the side of the road, but we took it upon ourselves to name our first friend Wilson. Wilson has a starting time in a short video of clamping into Rhys' lip, who allowed it on behalf of a dare.
Another story from the road... as we reached the final stretch into Nola, we found ourselves almost on the set of Terminator 5! As we passed a construction lot, I called to the group that there was some plane wreckage inside and that maybe we should check it out! The gate was open and we didn't see anyone around, so we bicycled in just to get stopped instantly by a security guard. Although he didn't allow us any further in, he did tell us that it was a movie set for T5 and that no, he hasn't met any big stars yet.
How many more things can I talk about? Well, dinner this night was not provided by our welcoming hosts at Camp Hope (where we will be spending the next 6 days), so we went instead to a feast at a Nola Hare Krishna temple. It seems as though this dinner service is regular and always free to anyone, but we went early to join in with a religious praising and offering to Krishna. With dancing, chanting, and wonderful food, this is not a night to forget.
As we are in Nola and we have no curfew tonight, it is only fitting to enjoy the town! To end the night, we headed out as a group to have some fun out on Bourbon and Frenchman street.
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