Yesterday was a glorious day here in New Orleans and a neighbor/friend text me – Bike Ride? – and an hour later we were careening down the bike path that follows the bayou out to Lake Ponchartrain. Beautiful doesn’t begin to describe the ride (a large Louisiana pelican followed us in flight for most of the way) and there was even more reward when we got to the Lake and rode up the ramp to have the City on one side and the Lake on the other bookending our view.
How I miss my bike rides on long lazy Sunday mornings and I missed my pals at Swirl who were riding the MS ride this weekend – what perfect weather to camp out! Alas, my life has changed, so a stolen bike ride to the lake on a Sunday afternoon was good enough.
On the way back, we passed some men staging something by the lagoon in City Park and they had big cartons that looked like fireworks. Later that night, about 10:00, we heard thunderous booms and went outside to the bayou and looked towards the Magnolia Bridge and over by the park fireworks were lighting up the sky in brilliant red, blue, green and sparkly white – amazing! A perfect end to a perfect day.