From New Orleans, LA to Pensacola, FL

Select a Ride Report from this list. April 11: Ramona, CA to Phoenix, AZ April 12: A Day in Phoenix April 13: Phoenix, AZ to Tucson, AZ April 14: Tucson, AZ to Las Cruces, NM April 15: Las Cruces, NM to Carlsbad, NM April 16: Carlsbad, NM to Midland, TX April 17: Rain Delay in Midland, TX April 18: Midland TX to Austin TX via the Hill Country April 19: Austin TX to Houston April 20: Houston TX to New Orleans, LA April 21: A Day in New Orleans April 22: New Orleans, LA to Pensacola, FL April 23: Pensacola, FL to Tallahassee, FL April 24: Tallahassee, FL to Orlando, FL April 25-26: Too Dazed in Orlando April 27: Orlando to Miami Beach April 28: Miami Beach to Key West April 29-30: Wasted Away in Key West May 2: Key West, FL to Fort Lauderdale, FL May 3: Fort Lauderdale, FL to Melbourne, FL May 4: Melbourne, FL to Jacksonville, FL May 5: Jacksonville, FL to Savannah, GA May 6: Savannah, GA to Atlanta, GA May 7: A Day in Atlanta, GA May 8: Atlanta, GA to Asheville, NC May 9: Asheville, NC to Winston-Salem, NC May 10: Winston-Salem, NC to Lynchburg, VA May 11: Lynchburg, VA to Washington, DC May 12-14: Three Days in Washington, DC May 15: Washington, DC to Newtown, PA May 16: Newtown, PA to White Plains, NY May 17-18 White Plains, NY to Stamford, CT May 19-20 Stamford, CT to Boston, MA May 21 Boston, MA to Portland, ME May 22 Portland, ME to Burke Hollow, VT May 23 Burke Hollow, VT to Amsterdam, NY May 24 Amsterdam, NY to Meadville, PA May 25-26Meadville, PA to Columbus, OH May 27 Columbus, OH to Chicago, IL May 28-30 Chicago: My Kind of Town May 31 Chicago, IL to Springfield, IL June 1-3 Springfield, IL to Saint Louis, MO June 4 Saint Louis, MO to Cuba, MO June 5 Cuba, MO to Tulsa, OK via the Ozarks June 6-7 Tulsa, OK to Oklahoma City, OK June 8 Oklahoma City, OK to Kansas City, KS June 9 Kansas City, KS to Sioux Falls, SD June 10 Sioux Falls, SD to Pierre, SD June 11 Pierre, SD to Bismarck, ND June 12 Bismarck, ND to Beulah, ND June 13 Beulah, ND to Dickinson, ND June 14 Dickinson, ND to Glendive, MT June 15 Glendive, MT to Billings, MT June 16 Billings, MT to Helena, MT June 17-18 Helena, MT to Kalispell, MT June 19 Kalispell, MT to Glacier NP to Coeur d'Alene, ID June 20 Coeur d'Alene, ID to Yakima, WA June 21 Yakima, WA to Aberdeen, WA June 22-24 Aberdeen, WA to Seattle, WA June 25 Seattle, WA to Portland, OR via Mt. St. Helens June 26 Portland, OR to Grants Pass, OR June 27 Grants Pass, OR to Eureka, CA June 28 Eureka, CA to Fort Bragg, CA June 29-30 Fort Bragg, CA to San Francisco July 1 San Francisco to Sparks, NV July 2 Sparks, NV to Fresno, CA via Tioga Pass July 3 Fresno, CA to Ramona, CA

Select a Travel Leg to review my plans for that day. Leg 01: Ramona, CA to Phoenix, AZ Leg 02: A Day in Phoenix, AZ Leg 03: Phoenix, AZ to Tucson, AZ Leg 04: Tucson, AZ to Las Cruces, NM Leg 05: Las Cruces, NM to Sanderson, TX Leg 06: Sanderson, TX to Austin, TX Leg 07: Austin, TX to Houston, TX Leg 08: Houston, TX to Galveston, TX Leg 09: Galveston, TX to New Orleans, LA Leg 10: New Orleans, LA to Pensacola, FL Leg 11: Pensacola, FL to Tampa, FL Leg 12: Tampa, FL to Miami Beach, FL Leg 13: Miami Beach, FL to Key West, FL Leg 14: Key West, FL to Cocoa Beach, FL Leg 15: Cocoa Beach, FL to Orlando, FL Leg 16: Orlando, FL to Jacksonville Beach, FL Leg 17: Jacksonville Beach, FL to Savannah, GA Leg 18: Savannah, GA to Atlanta, GA Leg 19: Atlanta, GA to Knoxville, TN Leg 20: Knoxville, TN to Lexington, VA Leg 21: Lexington, VA to Washington, DC Leg 22: Washington, DC to Baltimore, MD Leg 23: Baltimore, MD to White Plains, NY Leg 24: White Plains, NY to Boston, MA Leg 25: Boston, MA to Bath, ME Leg 26: Bath, ME to Quebec, QU Leg 27: Quebec, QU to Montreal, QU Leg 28: Montreal, QU to Toronto, ON Leg 29: Toronto, ON to Cleveland, OH Leg 30: Cleveland, OH to Fort Wayne, ON Leg 31: Fort Wayne, IN to Chicago, IL Leg 32: Chicago, IL to Springfield, IL Leg 33: Springfield, IL to Saint Louis, MO Leg 34: Saint Louis, MO to Joplin, MO Leg 35: Joplin, MO to Oklahoma City, OK Leg 36: Oklahoma City, OK to Dodge City, KS Leg 37: Dodge City, KS to North Platte, NE Leg 38: North Platte, NE to Pierre, SD Leg 39: Pierre, SD to Underwood, ND Leg 40: Underwood, ND to Beach ND Leg 41: Beach, ND to Lewiston, MT Leg 42: Lewiston, MT to Great Falls, MT Leg 43: Great Falls, MT to Missoula, MT Leg 44: Missoula, MT to Kalispel, MT Leg 45: Kalispel, MT to St. Regis, MT Leg 46: St. Regis, MT to Spokane, WA Leg 47: Spokane, WA to Pateros, WA Leg 48: Pateros, WA to Seattle, WA Leg 49: Seattle, WA to Portland, OR Leg 50: Portland, OR to Grants Pass, OR Leg 51: Grants Pass, OR to Eureka, CA Leg 52: Eureka, CA to San Francisco, CA Leg 53: San Francisco, CA to Sparks, NV Leg 54: Sparks, NV to Fresno, CA Leg 55: Fresno, CA to Ramona, CA

Ending Mileage:

	Actual	As Planned
Day of Travel	Sunday April 22, 2001	Sunday April 22, 2001
Departing From	New Orleans, LA	New Orleans, LA
Destination	Pensacola, FL	Pensacola, FL
Distance (in miles)	238	211
Distance (in kilometers)	383	339
Departure Time	10:00 AM
Arrival Time	4:50 PM
Total Travel Time	6 hours 50 minutes	5 hours 30 minutes
Average Speed (in mph)	35 mph	38 mph
Average Speed (in kph)	56 kph	61 kph

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The local "Get out of Dodge" signs. Bridge at Pass Christian, LA

I'm up and out of the hotel around 9AM. I have to go through the same ordeal in reverse to retrieve the bike from the hotel's garage. It is a short walk down St. Charles to the parking garage. In order to be allowed to leave, a bellman needs to sign off on the parking slip. It takes forever to get someone down to the garage. Then I can ride back to the hotel, park the bike and retrieve my possessions from the hotel. Once, the bike is loaded, I decide to try out the camera mount that I bought from SAENG. This mount uses the mounting bolts on the right hand grip to add a camera platform. The Sony video camera mounts like it would on any tripod. I start the videotape rolling and follow the St. Charles street car line down into the Garden District. The streets are fairly empty and I pass three or four streetcars. This area of New Orleans is beautiful and definitely worth more time next time I visit. I turn around and follow the streetcar back to Canal Street and into the French Quarter. I'm not sure how well it will work (I haven't looked at the tape yet) but it should be an interesting memory device. That takes about 45 minutes and so I'm finally out on the highway at 10 AM. Initially I head east on Interstate 10. Oh Interstate 10, how I love thee! At exit 245 (Bullard Road), I turn right heading toward US Route 90. I notice my first Hurricane Evacuation Route sign. Clearly, I'm not in Kansas anymore (of course I've never been to Kansas before).     Initially US 90 winds through nice suburbs but rapidly rolls out into the bayou country. I become aware that there are no house numbers in the traditional sense. There are house markers that are highly decorated. There are hanging anchors, painted mottos, cartoons. The first one that I noticed was a sign that said "The Original Dumb and Dumber." My mind wanders as I consider the possibilities: A father getting back at his teenage sons? A wife getting back her husband and annoying brother-in-law? Then I realize that particular sign is not an isolated instance but nearly every house has one. They seem to memorialize a wide range of events, outlooks and journeys. Oh and I am solidly in bridge and causeway country. Traffic stops to allow a rotating bridge to open so that a very large yacht may pass. I cross the state line and enter Mississippi. The road is now down on the Gulf. The sand is broad and white. The wind is fairly stiff so despite a comfortable temperature there are few beachgoers to be seen. Oh yeah, today is a workday too, I'm beginning to forget about those. At Gulfport it is time for a lunch. The gulf coast has been a nice ride but all beach front roads are slow going with a lot of traffic congestion and lights. I get back onto I-10 to make some mileage after lunch.

USS Alabama DC-3 Dakota

Now I'm into Alabama. On the eastern side of the state is the city of Mobile. I take some time to stretch my legs and look at the sights in the USS Alabama Park. The Alabama is not an Iowa class battleship -- my favorite as I feel it is probably the most handsome warship every constructed. The proportions of these ships are magnificent: long, sleek, powerful. Just amazing. The Alabama is a tiny disappointment as it is of an earlier vintage and looks more like a British or German warship from the inter war period. Making up for my minor disappointment is the presence of a DC-3 and a B-52 bomber. These must be two of the most famous and most significant planes every constructed in the United States. There are also tanks and artillery pieces but those don't interest me as much. I head back onto Interstate 10 for the short ride into Pensacola. Tomorrow I head down to the Mexican Coast, Panama City and Tallahassee. DC3 and B52 alongside the USS Alabama at the USS Alabama Park

Ever see Dr Strangelove?

• Racing with the Street Car (4.3 megs movie duration 1:15)
• Early Sunday Morning through the French Quarter (7.1 megs movie duration 1:47)

Depart New Orleans heading east on Interstate 10.

At intersection with Interstate 510, turn south onto I-510

At intersection with US90, turn left eastbound onto US 90

Cross state line into Mississippi.

At Biloxi, MS turn onto Interstate 110 heading north.

At intersection with I-10, transition onto I-10 heading east.

Cross state line into Alabama

Cross state line into Florida.

Arrive Pensacola