Steamy in the Big Easy

Probably no surprise to any of you, but we made New Orleans. There was not a lot to take pictures of on the interstate but here are a few more from the Parkway.

We left the hotel at 9. (The people I'm with get up a little later than me!) The plan was to stop every 2 hours, gas up, lather up with another coat of sun screen and hydrate. When we stopped at 2 it was just under 200 miles to  N.O. so, I decided that I was going to make a mile and be at the same hotel for a couple of days. Can you believe these people actually follow me? Anyway, we got here at 5:30 and had a great dinner in the French Quarter. We have run into a few other people that arrived early and some of them also did Rte 66 last year so it's like a reunion without name tags.

Here are a couple of videos of the Parkway ride---HANG ON!

Last night I got an e-mail from someone that told me that what I am doing was an inspiration to them. I guess that I never thought of it that way, I'm just living the dream and having a ball doing it. So I was thinking about that as I rode today and of all of the people that I know who are affected by cancer. I know caregivers who are the best at what they do and still face having to lose some of their patients. Some of you have lost parents, brothers and sisters and perhaps saddest of all, children to cancer. Some of you are in treatment or just finishing up. Some of the fortunate ones are like me, survivors who have gotten a second or third chance at life. Since Saturday I have had the time of my life, again, so I want to dedicate all of that fun over these past 5 days to all of  it you. Hope you might find some inspiration in it.