Figure I should type something up while I stop sweating.. got caught in commute traffic coming into NOLA area.. twice. The first time I instigated a lane splitting rebellion and swept up 2 other motorcycles. The 2nd time I was behind a police car so I was stuck baking in traffic for 15 minutes. Can the lack of lane splitting legality be appealed to the court of human rights?
So anyways.. 640ish miles, I headed east to Texarcana and did a little loop into Arkansas to cover that state. This also avoided some flooding south of Dallas. I took a 1 to 2 lane highway instead of the superstates that wended through lots of 1500-2000 population towns. Lots of abandoned houses and shops.. but also super super nice high school stadiums.
The Arkansas side of Texarkana is also a bit more run down than the Texas side, which seems odd to me as they should share most of the same economics? Probably some good reason for it.
After that I headed south to LA. I felt like I was riding between water for 200+ miles. How is this whole state not just a giant lake? But it was very cool looking and super different terrain than west-of-the-rockies.
When I got within 2 hours of NOLA I stopped for a snack at a boudin and cracklin’ shop. Cracklins were straight outta the fryer and ridiculously good. I could never live around here or my heart would stop.
Tomorrow I’ll Uber to the French Quarter and eat some more food.
Audio book: Finished Fellowship, started on the Two Towers where Serkis will finally get to do his Gollum voice.
Ibuprofen: 0 so far (amazing)
Other body status: wore a blister into my neck chaffing from my kit. Now I remember why I used to wear a 1/2 buff no matter what the temperature.
Dennis Rides - Motorcycles & Bicycles 
Hey! sounds like the trip is going well! I did a 9 day jaunt around Ireland and England on a Ducati summer before last. It was a blast. You should stop at a drug store and pick up some adhesive moleskin to cover that blister and keep the kit from rubbing anywhere it shouldn’t!
Safe travels and catch up some time! I’m near Tacoma, Washington these days if your trip brings you this way!
Cheers,
Dave-o
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The Ireland trip sounds awesome! It’d be cool to catch up, no idea what my route back will be, heavily depends on the weather, but I have a spreadsheet of people across the country to visit if I’m in the area, so send me your contact infos.
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Once upon a time, you shook the world with tactile transducers.
And I just meant the 993’s exhaust
Alright – as you ride on. Chaps from yesteryear once again are reminded.
Currently Monster 1200s and RS5 …
Dammit Mitsch 😉
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If and when, or maybe just perhaps…. You’ve always taken on challenges. As a fellow outlier,
if you ever need anything, if there’s anyway I can ever help DEM.
Rock and Roll, Man.
Dave
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