I added pictures, google earth, and corrections to day 19. Check it out.

Enjoy.

I updated and added photos for days 16, 17 and 18 on the MRT journal. I also added the google earth links as well.

Pest Alert! Check it out!

I updated and added a few more photos for days 10-13 on the MRT journal. I also corrected some errors, fixed some city names, added a bit of detail, and added the google earth files.

I added photos and details to days 8 and 9. I will try and update the missing days eventually. There are more than I remembered.

This page is under development......

Best Drivers: Iowa
Worst Drivers: Missouri (Louisiana is a close 2nd)
Best Roads: Mississippi
Worst Roads: Louisiana (Iowa was a close 2nd)
Nicest Staff: Rivals Bar (Odie) in Greenville
State with the Nicest People: Iowa
Best Camping location: Cascade Iowa, City Park
Worst Camping location: ????? Dirty bathrooms, kinda pricey, hot sticky night, shelby something
Best Sandwhich: ??? Grinder in Fruitland
Second Best Sandwhich: ???? Pig out Pork BBQ
Best Hotel: Drury Inn in Arnold Mo or Hampton in Greenville MS or Cabins?
Worst Hotel: Country Something?????
Best Sign: Unattended Children will be given a Cappuccino and a Kitten at ????
Nicest person overall: Tie (Marsha at The Supper Club), ???? guy who gave us soda

I updated day 6 and 7 of the MRT trip. Pictures and GPS files are now included.

I want to thank everyone who supported and followed along with us on our trip. It was great hearing from you.

I also want to thank all of the great people we met along the trip.

Several people have asked me to post a final post which has some final statistics and summarized our highest and lowest points in the trip. I will do that soon.

I am also adding pictures to the days that we were missing, and adding the google earth links.

Also, Chuck is working on making a google earth file of the entire trip.

Thanks!

We Made It!!!!

Pictures to be added later.

We left the hotel after the best hotel breakfast yet! Everything was fresh and great! Thanks Best Western. Our rooms were already booked in New Orleans, though they were a bit difficult to find. Apparently there are 38k Lutheran youth in town for a community volunteer cleanup.

For the first dozen miles or so, we rode along the river in medium traffic. There were a lot of chemical factories and shipping businesses, but we left late so we could miss the morning rush........thus we were biking at lunch time. Whoops.

A road called Spillway Road was nice and quiet. The road was the smoothest surface we have seen in Louisiana, so the state had a construction crew on it to add pot holes.

Well this was a big day for our group, they are in New Orleans!!! I was so excited for them I forgot to ask how many miles they did today. I guess we will find out tomorrow.

It is still 100 miles (about) to Venice, LA where they hope to dip their tires. I guess they are having a problem w/ places to stay on that last part. I'll find out more tomorrow.

I hope it all works out for them.

Stay tuned.

Pictures to come later.

We woke up early because we have a long day ahead of us. We were not able to make much for progress yesterday, so we must get some miles behind us today. We also wanted to beat some of the rain headed our way. We had a GREAT breakfast at the Best Western in Plaquemine and then quickly packed and headed out on the roads. Traffic is starting to get much heavier as we get closer to New Orleans.