Happy 21st birthday to my youngest daughter Aspen. Love you all the #'s plus one.
Today was a much anticipated day. Not only do we get to cross the Mississippi River, but...it is also a short day so that we can get in the van and head off to New Orleans for 2 rest days. Also, meeting my other daughter Jenny and her husband Garrett in NO. Rest and family, hard to beat that combination. Tina had to work and Aspen had to celebrate! Missed them both.
We did manage to find a great bridge across the river, if you saw my previous blog entry of the "bridge out". Only opened in 2011 I was told, it has a great shoulder all the way across making biking a treat. We had crossed a causeway bridge going to Morganza with no shoulder, putting us in very fast traffic, for what seemed forever, but maybe a mile or so. (Interesting, the causeway helped define a huge, miles long and wide type huge, basin that during times of flooding would be used to divert water and ease pressure on the levy system. When full, it would have to be an incredible sight.
It was however an incredible day for riding. Crisp blue skies, just right temperature, a great day to make this day's journey that we for do long and so much looked forward to. I will let the pictures tell the fuller
We ended up at someone's house in what is called a "warm shower" location. These are places in a network, that I was unaware of, that hosts bikers throughout the world. A place to camp, shower, stay with folks that loved cycling. Nice.
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