Travel to Alexandria, La
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Travel to Alexandria, La
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The day started with Hurricane Alex threatening the southern Gulf Coast of Texas and creating slight weather disturbances throughout the area we rode. Despite some rain, temperatures still got into the 90s and humidity was hovering near 100%. It was a beautiful start to the day, and we stopped off at Bossier City, Louisiana, to let John pick up his fifth Harley Davidson T shirt. We went from there to the "Ralph & Kacoos" cajun specialty restaurant, and were joined for lunch by a very special lady - Kim Lucky. Abel had been bragging about the excellent Louisiana cuisine, especially the blackened alligator, so we tried that, bread pudding with Praline sauce and other specialties. Abel was right - it was terrific! Then it was time to ride --
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We started the ride accompanied by "Cow Birds" - thin white birds who follow cows, picking up after them. They were interesting to watch, but it was time to pedal. |
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Dick and John started first, as Abel had driving and photographer duties. Dick is having trouble getting his seat adjusted properly - had trouble with it all day. We'll see if he ends up smarter than the bike saddle.
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 We had some uncertainty about where we were going to stay tonight, and were worried that we might have stumbled on the hotel that Joe had reserved for us ... As it turned out, HealthSouth came through for us again and got us a nice Best Western hotel - with operating air conditioning! |
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This is an example of the changing scenery, as we move into the wetlands of Louisiana. We noticed a few swamps and lots of lakes and rivers - quite a change for the New Mexico boys! |
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 Here's a picture of Abel and John riding (Dick is now the driver and photographer), and being passed by a motorcycle. It's kind of ironic - they were both motorcycle riders, and now they're simply riding thier bikes - wonder how they feel about that? |
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We got a kick out of some of the signs we saw. We had to restrain John from taking a pea here...
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Abel and John are riding into the City of Montgomery - we're wondering if the sign refers only to alcohol containers or also to containers of Gatorade. |
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We noticed that folks in this part of the country are quite open about their religious beliefs, and found evidence of that quite frequently. |
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Only 40 more miles to go before we get to our hotel, and the boys are wondering who put the hill in their way? We thought we had picked the route better! |
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Another example of folks being very open about their religious beliefs. There were several houses with religious paintings and statues occupying every square inch of available space. God bless America! |
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 John and Abel stop at Bea's and ask if it's OK to jump into the ice machine. Bea graciously says its fine - if we can fit. Instead, we went inside and took advantage of her air conditioning and cold refreshments - well deserved! |
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