cyberhobo

Baton Rouge, LA to Prarie Rhonde, LA 10025 mi I feel much better, even though I have to start the day in my rain gear. I can now think back fondly on New Orleans, whereas yesterday I was too tired and depressed. I ride 190. The bridge over the big muddy is a bit narrow,…

New Orleans, LA to Baton Rouge, LA 9948 mi The bike is waiting for me in the fenced lot, safe and sound. I put her together and set off, but can’t resist stopping to say goodby to Laura. Of all the folks I’ve met I have an especially warm spot for her, I don’t know…

Pass Christian, MP to New Orleans, LA 9860 mi I wake up to a nice morning on a misty gulf. The road soon turns inland after crossing a bayou. In Waveland I eat at a Waffle House, where a salty lady in her 40’s cheers me on, “You go, boy!” She loves my project. The…

Ft. Gaines, AL to Pass Christian, MP 9800 mi The wind is really ripping in from the north when I leave. It’s all I can do to make it over the bridge from Dauphin Island brack to the mainland. There it settles down. It’s backwoods and glades through Bayou LeBatie to Grand Bay. There I…

Pensacola, FL to Ft. Gains, AL 9716 mi I decide my last hurrah will be breakfast at the Ramada, then I’ll start living on the cheap. I make good on my intentions in Pensacola, retrieving some fresh bagels I see someone throwing away. As I think about ways to save money, it occurs to me…

Argyle, FL to Pensacola, FL 9645 mi I reach DeFuniak Springs early, and during breakfast the locals tease me that I’m lucky to be alive after sleeping out around here. They’re friendly, down-south folks. At the post office I get some much-anticipated materials from Pete. As I read his letters I realize again how deep…

Havana, FL to Argyle, FL 9558 mi There’s all kinds of action nearby when I wake up. Road construction, school buses stopping, commuters whizzing by. None of them can see me though, so I just leisurely pack up and go. I ride like mad to Chattahoochee. There I stop for a quick charge of chocolate…

Suwanee River St Pk, FL to Havana, FL 9455 mi Sleeping on a picnic table, I feel some sprinkles a few times in the night, but never enough to send me looking for cover. As soon as I’m all packed in the morning, though, it comes down hard. Nice of it to wait. In Madison…

Alachua, FL to Suwanee River St Pk, FL 9365 mi About midnight I hear an animal in the woods and wake up. I know it’s an animal, but it sounds enough like footsteps for my imagination to order up a healthy shot of adrenaline. I know I won’t be able to sleep again, so I…