Author Archives: Kathy Schroeder

Thankfully mostly cool and mostly advantageous S wind today. Still quite humid with thunderstorms all around. Sadly one of the least fun days on a TransAm ever. The first 20 miles was the most unpleasant 20 miles of the trip so far leaving Baton Rouge on “scenic Hwy” 61 – horrible road surface, tons ofContinue reading “April 2 Day 13 cycling Baton Rouge to Bunkie, LA”

Well I got back on the bike! 👏 (no joking!) As my friend, Steve Boyer suggested, my hip/thigh would probably feel better and heal faster cycling rather than walking. True that! Of course, every big bump I went over caused pain in my left wrist and rib, but hey, beautiful ride of 41.3 miles, 150’Continue reading “April 1 Day 12 cycling Burnside to Baton Rouge, LA”

Well no cycling for me today. 😢 Steven and Tom took off as scheduled, and the forecast thunderstorms aren’t expected until after they should arrive in Burnside, LA on the Mississippi River. They get to cycle quite a ways on the Mississippi River Trail west of NOLA. Sorry to miss the cycling and the Trail.Continue reading “March 31 Day 11 cycling New Orleans to Burnside, LA”

Gulfport is a big port city. We enjoyed some good bbq last night and watched UConn upset Duke in men’s March Madness bball. More cycling west along the Mississippi Sound in the Gulf of Mexico. MS drivers and roads have been as good as FL and AL, other than the rumble strips that are widerContinue reading “March 30 Day 10 cycling Gulfport, MS to New Orleans, LA”

As forecast, the S/SE wind leaving Dauphin Island was strong and unsafe for me to cycle across the bridge to the mainland. Although the winds were a lot less than yesterday. Jody drove us 10 miles north to Alabama Port where we hopped on bikes and took off with a lovely tailwind the rest ofContinue reading “March 29 Day 9 cycling Dauphin Island AL to Gulfport MS”

Finally a day of no cycling. So nice to enjoy island life – relax, catch up on other life, read, sightsee, eat. Visited the very popular Lighthouse Bakery, West End Beach where you can enjoy a sandy walk a very short distance between the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay, & Alabama Aquarium. Cooked inContinue reading “March 28 REST DAY #1”

Lovely bike ride on multiple paths through Gulf State Park and the city of Gulf Shores this morning. Then west to Fort Morgan and the ferry across Mobile Bay to Dauphin Island for 2 nights! Don’t worry, I didn’t count the mileage on the ferry in my cycling mileage! And how are we so luckyContinue reading “Day 8 March 27 Orange Beach, AL to Dauphin Island”

Florida days cycling: most of 7 days, miles: 508, elevation: 11,477’ elevation gain…. amazing when the highest point in the whole state is less than 350’ elevation! Busy Hwy 90 for first early hour with heavy fog and morning traffic, then glorious back country roads, then lovely Blackwater Heritage Trail, then back on 90. AndContinue reading “Day 7 March 26 Crestview, FL to Orange Beach, AL”

Yesterday Tom decided to count churches. From the outskirts of Tallahassee to Marianna, Steven and I helped Tom count 43 churches – actual churches on the route of varying sizes, mostly Baptist or Pentecostal with a smattering of Catholic, Presbyterian, Episcopal and Lutheran. Signs for churches off route didn’t count! There were a lot ofContinue reading “Day 6 March 25 Marianna to Crestview”

Would have been nice to spend some time in Tallahassee and see the Florida State campus. Will have to return for a longer visit. Sunrise departure for another long day, but we crossed over to the Central time zone, so life is now an hour earlier! 75.7 miles, 2509’ elevation gain as we entered theContinue reading “Day 5 March 24 Tallahassee to Marianna”