3 States In A Day - Rolling towards the "Big Easy"

We off to New Orleans today, riding from Foley in Alabama, on through Mississippi and finally into Louisiana.  Here is our route some 185 miles

It's really cold here this morning in Foley, which is rare for this time of year. Today's high will be 62 degrees, but on Monday it was 85 degrees! We will be using the 'thermals' for sure! A large cold-front came down from the North, along with a lot of rain which we ran into yesterday on the ride here.  In fact yesterday was a full day of wearing our waterproofs - not something we thought we would be doing whilst in the south!

Here's lunch on the road.  We stopped for some gas and 'fuelled' ourselves up on what we call back home 'itchy-pig' (i.e. Port Scratchings).  Unfortunately Jon broke a tooth eating this 'granite' like snack!  Being hardcore he had no intention of visiting a dentist.

I am looking forward to New Orleans, but with a little apprehension which I think comes from  the historic mystic of the city and of those terrible images all those years ago following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  Jon's been there though and says tonight will change all that!