Sorry that I have lagged behind a bit on the blog, this last week has been a lot to take in. Riding into New Orleans we had an 80 mile trip in which I was sweeping with Kalli, one of our trip leaders. We had a great first half, but rain hit around lunchtime and the afternoon went downhill. The two of us got caught in a pretty bad lightening storm around mile 55 and I had my second fall of the trip because of the wet roads. We then had to detour and go over a long grated bridge which I proceeded to practically hydroplane on due to the weather conditions. As we walked the rest of the bridge with no shoulder, sidewalk, or bike lane, there was a car accident behind us and were then cut off twice riding down the decline both of which were pretty close calls.
Very shaken up, we arrived at Camp Hope, a volunteer base with real, actual BEDS!! While it was by far the scariest two hours of my life, I couldn't have imagined doing it with anyone but Kalli. She is such a motivational person and sweeping together definitely brought us closer as riders and friends.
We built with the St Bernard Project for three days and had our first day off in NOLA. With SBP we split up to work on two houses, both focusing on muddling, taping, and floating drywall. We also spent a lot of time in the French Quarter, on Bourbon Street, and in local parks listening to jazz and slack lining. It was the perfect amount of time off of our bikes and in an area with so much history and culture to enjoy.
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