Leaving Baton Rouge I left a little later than I normally do so that I could spend most of the day walking around the lake with my girl friend before we weren't going to see each other for 3 weeks. I hit the road around 1:00. My destination was 200 miles north up the...
This section of the trip was one of the shortest that I've had on this journey so far. It was 87 miles from the Airbnb in New Orleans to the center of the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. My girlfriend got us a night at the Cook hotel which happens to be on the LSU campus....
I landed in New Orleans (first time ever) on Thursday around 12:00. The previous night was spent camping in a Palm Tree Nursery, amazing! I followed the Google Maps to my Airbnb which was in the French Quarter area. I immediately panicked at the fact that I was going...
Week One Recap of the Trip The first week of the trip has been everything that I thought it would be. Relaxing, stressful, feelings of freedom, solitude, adventure, panic, and everything in between. I've logged about 1,300 miles in 6 days, cut through 7 states,...
Heading West on Highway 10 I got up and hit the road around 9:30. I had a long day of flat/straight highway ahead. I took I-10 west out of Jacksonville. After about 2 hours of highway 10 I headed south to get off the main highway for a bit. This detour took me through...
The first leg of the trip starts with a ride from Asheville, NC to Charleston, SC. I convinced my friend Jack to ride along with me and hang in Charleston for a few days. It was nice to have a riding buddy for the first part of the trip. We took the long route from...