New Orleans to Nashville: Cycling through Baton Rouge and up the Natchez Trace
New Orleans to Nashville: Cycling through Baton Rouge and up the Natchez Trace
On 29 February, I left New York on the Amtrak Crescent to New Orleans with my bicycle. As I have shifted most of my online posting to Facebook, rather than here on my blog, below are links to my public postings for this trip.
Here are my postings from March 3 through March 11, after riding from New Orleans to Tupelo. Mississippi.
After a long Amtrak ride from New York to New Orleans, and a short night at the Hosteling International hostel, I've...
Posted by Kimo Goree on [Tuesday, March 3, 2020](./Messages from the Pale Blue Dot_ March 2020_files/10157152863211886)
After a long Amtrak ride from New York to New Orleans, and a short night at the Hosteling International hostel, I've...
Posted by Kimo Goree on [Tuesday, March 3, 2020](./Messages from the Pale Blue Dot_ March 2020_files/10157152863211886)
March in the American south can be stormy. Today I cut my ride short and am staying with a Warm Showers host north of...
Posted by Kimo Goree on [Wednesday, March 4, 2020](./Messages from the Pale Blue Dot_ March 2020_files/10157156530981886)
I've arrived in Natchez, Mississippi for my first layover day to rest up, shop for food, and explore this historic town...
Posted by Kimo Goree on [Friday, March 6, 2020](./Messages from the Pale Blue Dot_ March 2020_files/10157160593961886)
As I leave tomorrow to cycle up the Natchez Trace, I'm reminded how I first heard about this 10,000 year-old indigenous...
Posted by Kimo Goree on [Friday, March 6, 2020](./Messages from the Pale Blue Dot_ March 2020_files/10157162242331886)
If it were warmer or colder than it was today, cyclists would complain! Damn near perfect blue-sky weather riding...
Posted by Kimo Goree on [Sunday, March 8, 2020](./Messages from the Pale Blue Dot_ March 2020_files/10157166940021886)
For the last two days, I've pushed to the northeast, crossing rural Mississippi on one of the best cycling routes in the...
Posted by Kimo Goree on [Tuesday, March 10, 2020](./Messages from the Pale Blue Dot_ March 2020_files/10157171833001886)
the Norwegians have a saying that there is no such thing as bad weather... only bad clothing. That may be true, except...
Posted by Kimo Goree on [Wednesday, March 11, 2020](./Messages from the Pale Blue Dot_ March 2020_files/10157173373676886)