Into New Orleans

Had a fun evening after a day of rest-Halloween on Bourbon Street,one big party fueled by alcohol(ie others!),with names like grenades,hurricanes-etc, quite the experience.2 members of the group went missing and surfaced this morning no q and a's
We are seeing Louisiana countryside,farms,small towns,with much different culture evident, enjoying crawfish étouffée po boys gumbo jambalaya boudin sausage alligator frogs legs bread pudding beignets(repeatedly ) beans and rice chicory coffee...
We continue discussing exercise and mostly within the group exercise is very integral to all our well being mental and physical. The group actually are in general all very good athletes having all long histories of staying active. Arthur from england participated in sailing the west coast of England stopping intermittently to run up mountains in a race ?fun.
Berit a ER charge nurse too is very active, having grown up in Denmark cycling has always been part of her life.
She feels depressed without exercise and her husband encourages her to ride and do this trip --without him. He is a physician and wondered how I managed the time off