The River Recedes

When your not the lead turtle the view never changes. ,

Thats how slow I rode today, that turtle stayed ahead of me.

The River has dropped 3 or 4 feet.

If your a driftwood collector , your time is a coming, drift wood is piled up
along the levee and awaits.

30 miles Saturday and 25 Sunday.

Beat out the rain but not the turtle.

Later
gary

And the Rivers still higher yet.

Had to work Saturday, did a quick 10 when I got home.
Slept late Sunday, rode to the French Quarter,managed to get in 30 miles.
The lunch smells filled the street, the tourist filled the street, and music filled the street.
The Rivers Still high, 3 or 4 more feet will top the Levee at the River Walk.
That leaves Decateur St way below water level.
It all make me wonder what folks did before there were levees .

later
gary

And the River is high

Saturday was gloomy to start but as the day went on it got warmer and sunnier.
The French Quarter Festival was kicking by the time I got there, what a rush.
As the Song goes "fish are jumping and the River is high " , very high , in the quarter it's about 4 feet from the top of the levee, in Destrehan it's at the bottom of the levee. The Lucky Dog man
was working it and the stages were set up . I stopped on the river walk to listen some music
and was almost swept away by the crowd. The quarter was full of locals and tourist and I did my more than usual share of people watching, what a rush. The smells were overwhelming, every food imaginable, tasty but not fullfilling. Managed to get in 30 miles, hybrid tires.
Sunday the gale force winds kept me in check on the northward run to Destrehan along the river, but coming back was a 18 to 20 mph cruise , what a rush. There were 2 spots where the wind seemed of indeterminate direction. It was sunshiny, the catfishermen lined the levee wall and were hauling in 10 and 15 pounders. Chalked up another 30 miles all on fast skinny tires.
60 mile weekend , half of our goal for October 4th. What an adventure.
later
gary

Remember , click on the pics to enlarge them..

It's about the bike too.

The weather's been great, riding's been great, life's been great.

My mentor and bike guru Frank has blessed me with a set of performance racing skinny wheels..

Their fast, sleek, yet delicate. I'm averaging about 4 miles an hour faster on them. Even though their called "ROAD WHEELS" they can't jump curbs and pot holes or cruise over glass and sharp rocks. I'm gonna try to use them for the MS tour for the speed.. I still want to train on my hybrid wheels also, so my plan is to ride hybrid's on Saturday in the street and road wheels on Sunday on the River Levee. With the road wheels and a little tailwind I can cruise 16 to 20 mph.

Don't seem so fast until you take a fall at that speed, something usually brakes ( bones) .

So now the only original parts on my Hybrid Trek are the frame, the handle bars and neck,

the front fork and the crank, all else has been changed. These new wheels carry 120 psi as opposed to 80 psi on the hybrids so they have a good roll. This past Christmas my kids gave me a helmet camera, I'll be using it soon , maybe we'll get some clips of me doing a 360, or maybe sliding into a curb, or being sideswiped by a large suv, or dodging lightening bolts in a thunderstorm, or outrunning a mixed breed great dane-pit bull- mastiff -Cujo type dog, or maybe riding through mimes and jugglers in the french quarter, or just enjoying a sunny afternoon touring the city. Each time it's an adventure.....Thanks for the wheels Frank...

Later