If you decide to visit old_rider and go parasailing.....ATTGAT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Loik4Ii2g4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFSiWiPJYpc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8abdQK1v_E


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IZj4LeW-Bw

After the two girls in panama city, governor scott had some regulations put into law about the safety elements of parasailing companies.
Up until 2013 parasail companies could do as they wished as there were no laws or regulations pertaining to them.
I would say it is 80% safer now....
As with anything that flies, you have risks, this pertains to anything that moves.....hint...hint... but of course if you are 40 feet in the air and fall, its going to hurt really bad....if you fall off your bike going 40mph, its going to hurt really bad.... LOL.. six of one, half a dozen of the other!...
But of course you won't be 40 feet in the air on your bike, well, lets hope not anyway!

I never been there, either, though I understand it's best to visit after dark
I'm not much for drinking, but I don't need to drink to have fun, even in places where others are drinking (sometimes especially in places where others are drunk  )

It's been over 30 years since I went to Nawlins. It is probably only about an 8 hour ride from Houston. That could be fun. And yeah I'm a light weight so if I'm riding I ain't drinking. But I don't need to drink to have fun.

As long as our bikes are safe in the parking lot it sounds like fun !  

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 11/08/15 at 05:15:27:


We might have to Circle the Wagons to protect us from the Savages.

To protect them from the thieves.

Homeless residents

A challenge facing New Orleans was the exceptionally large homeless population created by Katrina. The number of homeless people living in New Orleans doubled to 12,000 people between the hurricane and mid-2007.[15] With a post-Katrina population of 300,000 people, this meant that 1 in 25 people were homeless, an extremely high number and nearly three times that of any other US city.[16]

Most of the homeless were Katrina evacuees who returned to higher rents or who fell through the cracks of the federal system that was to provide temporary housing after the disaster. There were also some workers who came from out of state for the post-Katrina rebuilding boom but who subsequently lost their jobs. [17]

Compounding this problem, the number of beds for the homeless in the city decreased from a count of 2,800 before the storm, to 2,000, as of May 2008.[18]

I would say the $29 fleabag hotels are likely just that, and perhaps we might not want to stay there.

OldFeller

Thanks for the invite !  

My rear tire is a Mitchelinl Commander 140/90 , but its 5.560" wide (just put the calipers on it).   I'm thinking   next tire might be another Dark-Side Goodyear Eagle GT 145/80.   The Mitchellin only has a little over 18K-miles on it and its more than 3/4's wore out.  If I had left the Goodyear aired-up (35-40 lbs) I'd still be riding on it.  That last Dragon ride with only 25 lbs in it - ended up with ripping the cords  from the rubber.  :'(  the Goodyear had over 25K-miles on it and wasn't even half gone yet !   Its on my hayrake now , still getting use out of it.

Dave if your ridding to Orleans , then over-night here in Lynchburg and   we could escort OldFeller from Atlanta (kinda like a Presidential escort -sorta) .