Got up to indications of a storm coming so got the trailer hooked up, visited the neighbors until the rain came and went inside the trailer to wait out the storm. It was a hard rain but only last an hour or so. Once it stopped all the birds came out, most prominently a lot of robins and cardinals.
Got on the road towards the north side of Lake Pontchartrain. The logical route crossed the Mississippi on the Howie P. Long Bridge which I had not yet crossed. It was two narrow lanes in each direction. After the fact, I learned the bridge was constructed in 1932 when cars were a little narrower than my trailer. Slow and steady (and maybe a little ‘taking my half out of the middle’) and we made it. Next came the 23 mile causeway/bridge crossing the lake. Pretty stiff cross winds but the trailer pulled fine.
Arrived at Fountainbleau State Park and discovered a problem with the spare tire carrier on the rear of the trailer. Upon inspection the head sheared off one of the four bolts holding the bracket to the trailer. After removing the bike carrier and spare tire, the steel mount was showing signs of fracture as well as the bolt. I headed out in hopes of finding a welding shop still open at 4:30 but got hung up watching deer on the way out of the park then arrived at the Abita Brewing Company before finding a shop.
I stopped in and had a great almond encrusted catfish dinner veggies and smashed potatoes with an Abita IPA. I got a referral for a welder and headed back the campground. There were a lot of insects which sounded like crickets singing in the woods.
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