Cavaliers turn around at Thibodaux

The Cavaliers set out for Morgan City on the back roads through Kramer on Sunday, May 16, but wound up turning around at Thibodaux because of threatening weather. Poncho led the ride, with Mike H. as his buddy rider, and Alan, Lance, Mike D. and Doug along for the ride. Here's Alan's ride report:

It was a good ride ... started out sunny then got cloudy as we went south and west, finally blue black skies over Morgan City made Thibodeaux seem like a good destination. We shared the Western Sizzler with a large bike club from Marrero which arrived about fifteen minutes after we did. A winding backroads route through cane fields and bayous plus dodging the rain gave the ride an adventurous quality, and Poncho kept us moving ... the River Road on the westbank from Vacherie to the 310 bridge is one of the better rides around here if you like twisties, so I had no objections to that as a return route.

And, oh yes, the swamp! The narrow, winding road through the swamp near Kramer is literally right at water level with overhanging trees and all kinds of wildlife from ground level up. On that stretch I saw white herons, a blue heron, turtles and a four foot alligator which dove into the water from the edge of the road as I came up on it.

Re: snakes ... there were more squashed snakes in the road than I've seen in a long time. If you think of pigeons in New Orleans, you get the idea how common snakes are down there. :-)

And, Lance unquestionably got the coolest souvenir of the day at Zam's Swamp Tours gift shop ... a genuine coonskin cap.

Alan