It is warm and humid!
When we walked out of our motel room this morning, our glasses fogged
over! Thank goodness the temperature was
not hot! We had a great breakfast in a
local Mom & Pop café, where it was obvious the locals go to eat – everyone stared
as we entered!
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| The Motel We Were at Overnight |
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| Gulf of Mexico from Grand Isle State Park |
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| Fishing Boats off Grand Isle Coast |
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| Dipping tire in The Gulf of Mexico |
We decided that since we probably won’t get back to Grand Isle, we might as well take the time to visit Grand Isle State Park. Due to the thunderstorm late yesterday afternoon we were not able to explore the area as we had planned. We also dipped the rear wheel of the bike in the Gulf on the Grand Isle beach before driving to Port Fourchon. We were concerned as to whether it was
possible to get onto the beach at Port Fourchon, since it is an industrial
area. In fact we could not get onto the
beach, but it was due to construction, not industry.
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| On The Road Again |
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| Walkway to House |
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| Herron on Walkway |
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| Oil Platform |
This morning was sunny, but not completely clear. By the time Cal rode his first mile it was
very warm. He rode over the first
bridge, but we drove across the toll bridge.
He began riding as soon as possible. There were a few short locations
where the shoulder along the highway was not wide enough, so I was a pilot car
in those situations. Louisiana Hwy #1
follows along the side of a canal – a busy working canal. At one spot I stopped to watch them unload a boatload
of shrimp. The guys had been out shrimping
for two nights. Other boats along the
canal were cleaning, fixing and prepping.
Bridges would open for tugs to push barges down the canal. It was interesting watching daily life along
the canal.
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| Shrimp Boat at the Dock |
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| Unloading the Shrimp Boat |
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| $1.89 per pound Shrimp |
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| $4.95 per pound Shrimp |
The temperature was climbing and with the humidity by noon it
felt like 100+ instead of just 90! By
noon when we arrived in Galliano, Cal was hot. There are several nice hotels in
this area so we decided to stop for the day.
There is no sense for Cal to get
overheated his very first day out. We
have had a very cool spring in Iowa so that Cal has not been riding in any heat,
plus Cal really does not have a lot of training miles under his belt. We were gone to Nepal when he should have
been out riding.
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| Moving a Coast Guard Ship |
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| Notice the Narrow Space Between Highway and Canal |
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| Draw Bridge |
Tomorrow Cal plans to get up and start riding much earlier than
this morning. He will ride for approximately
an hour before I catch up to him and we stop for breakfast.
Tonight we looked for a Mom &
Pop restaurant in the area. We were told
about two different locations. We
selected one and when we walked in we looked at each other. We were in this same restaurant in Feb of 2011. We were in New Orleans with friends for Marti
Gras that year and one day we took off for a drive south of the city. That
day we stopped at this café for lunch!
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