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What do you get when you mix the smell of benzene with plantation homes, oil refineries, chemical plants, humid heat and a prodigious headwind?
Pretty much what we got in our 78.4-mile ride to the River Ridge KOA just west of New Orleans today.
One lesson I learned the hard way: There are not a lot of places to refill water bottles on some of these bicycle routes. I pretty much ran out early in the afternoon. There’s plenty of water in the river but not potable.
I was so thirsty when we arrived at the KOA this evening that I drank two cans of Yahoo, a can of root beer, a 20-ounce bottle of Powerade, and a bottle of orange juice and another of apple juice.
The KOA is great, thank goodness.
I love the campsite, the showers and the laundry room/clubhouse.
And that’s a good thing because that’s where we may have to stay later tonight if the thunderstorms forecast for this evening through noon tomorrow blow our tents into the nearby Mississippi River.
I have been planning to ride through New Orleans into Mississippi tomorrow. But now I’ll have to wait until morning to see what the weather is doing before coming up with a plan.
DM: 78.4; TM: 2,345.1; 7:42 hrs rdg; 10.2 mph avg; 588 ft climbing
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