Wow, what a great day! Special thanks to kenny and brent at perkins rd tattoo parlour for hosting the mobile mechanic baton rouge, and thanks to all the great people who showed up with bikes. They did lots of bike tattoos and gave at least half of the money to jake. All told we raised quite a bit. There were even people who had heard about the ride and just wanted to drop off a donation. Nbc33tv baton rouge showed up in the afternoon and did some interviews - they linked the web info im hoping to get some more support through that.
Mark was an amazing host the whole time and showed me how to get around baton rouge on bike. We went by the farmers market and the bike shop before the clinic and everyone in both places knew him by name. By coincidence I even met the organic farmers with whom austin cyclists reed and catharine are going to stay for a few weeks. They came to the clinic and it was great to visit with them and check out the matching green 1970s motobecanes. Reed got a tattoo (his first)!
I wish I had taken more pictures. So much happened and I met so many good people I cant possibly write it all, but thanks to everyone. Theres a hard freeze and heavy wind advisory for tomorrow (sunday) which should make for brutal riding conditions. More reports from the road later!
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