It was pouring when I got up this morning, but the news said it should end by noon, so I waited in my room hoping it would stop before checkout time. About 9:30 it started clearing – yay! I packed up and headed out about 10:30. The roads are wet, but temps are warm so it should be fine. About 15 minutes into my ride I was stopping at a light when I did a little hydroplaning – got my attention that’s for sure. A little while after it rained for about 10 minutes then cleared. I followed the Mississippi River down to New Orleans. It was a great ride with twists and turns all along the river. I couldn’t see the river as they built up a banking, but I could see on my GPS that it was on the other side. I was thinking it was a train track on the top of the banking, then I realized the tracks were on my left. After driving a little further there were people running and riding bikes so then I figured it was a walking trail along the river. There was some traffic on this road, but not too bad especially with all the plants/factory’s on the road (Oil Refinery, Grain, Rice, Sugarcane to name a few). There was also a few big old plantation homes along this road. When I got into town I went down to the French Quarters for a bit. I was thinking I would be here before Mardi Gras, but it’s already going on. Weekends are the busiest, so I’ll miss that.
I was about 6 miles from the Harley dealership, so I drove out after the French Quarters. When I got off my bike David one of the salesman commented that my bike was dirtier than his. When I looked down I was surprised on how bad my bike was. The rain and the river road really did a good job 😕. I just had my bike washed at Baton Rouge when they were done servicing it. Oh well, shows that I’m riding it! Before I left David washed off my license plate and lights so I wouldn’t get pulled over (and so people can see me). I hung out for a couple hours talking to everyone, get group of people.
Love and Light to you all!
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