Friday Sightseeing Ride

Neron Place I thought I'd liven up the usual Friday recovery ride by bringing along my "riding" camera. The images aren't so great, but then if I drop it while I'm riding I might not bother to stop to pick it up. Here's the view a couple of blocks from home heading down Neron Place toward Carrollton. You can still see where the hurricane tore up the oak trees. You can also see a "For Sale" sign. We have lots of those around here lately. The asking prices for houses that didn't flood are pretty high.

Short Street I turn left and head down Short St., more or less heading south. There are a lot of stop signs along Short, but of course at this time of the morning traffic is pretty light. The best thing about Short St. is that the asphalt is smooth, unlike many of the other streets around here. There are a couple of huge unpaved areas where they came in and fixed water leaks but never got around to fixing the stree that they tore up to get to them.

The Streetcar Barn on Willow St. I turn right off of Short and onto Willow St. which will take me to the parish line and the on-ramp to the bike path. Just off of Carrollton I pass the streetcar barn where all of the city's "real" streetcars live.

River Levee I meet the levee after crossing the railroad tracks. You can see the on-ramp leading to the levee bike path. We meet up on the levee at the top of the on-ramp. There's a little "hill" on the levee there where the water intake pipes cross. It might be the highest spot in the city!

The Huey P. Here's the nice morning view just as the ride starts looking out over the Mississippi with the Huey P. Long bridge in the background. Practically no wind today at all.

Small Friday Group Here's part of the Friday morning group. It's small as usual and the pace stays around 20 mph. I think we might have touched 22 at one point, but not for very long!

Look who showed up! When we were near the Country Club, who showed up but this guy! Ben S. is back in town and starting classes at LSU nursing school. He said he has no excuses for not making the training rides because his schedule works pretty well with that.