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I hear ya. There was no major damage in this immediate area, as far as I know. There's certainly not the kind of tree damage that would require calling in out-of-state crews, particularly ones that would stay several months.

Well, first of all, there's no indication that she got this far. But if you take St. Landry to Coliseum and take a left, you end up on Johnston. If you take a right, you can weave through sorority row and end up on Congress. But we're talking about this like great distances are involved...

Yes, and much of that route is covered by the abandoned (creepy) empty Lourdes hospital campus. I suspect (and I am purely guessing) that her plan was to get to St. John, cross Uni onto St. Landry, and then take St. Mary down to Johnston, and zip home in the bike lane on Johnston. Though...

Not really. Not discounting your theory re: the white trucks; just correcting this line. This is a rare area of the country where businesses are doing well and things like construction are booming. I suspect lots of folks coming through town for project work, especially specialized workers...

Oh, goodness, no need for apologies. We're all trying to figure this out together. As to the question about whether or not there are any small roads where she could be hidden on the sides, the answer is not really. I think that area has been extensively searched and re-searched. It's...

That still forces you to either ride on University or cross University at Souvenir Gate and then weave through a poorly-lit (though better-populated) residential neighborhood to get back on a thoroughfare.

Yes it does. However, I think she is a serious biker and tends to ride on the roads (legally) rather than the sidewalks. In a lot of ways, shady sidewalks, with all the shrubbery overgrown like it is this time of year, are more dangerous than the roads. Still, you'd want to avoid the drunk...

Staying on Parkside would've forced her to ride for a block (or 2?) on University, a crappy road for biking at that time of night. Detouring a half-block let her cross it on St. John/St. Landry.

Quite the opposite! Cajuns are traditionally French-speaking, and would've pronounced it LA-fie-et, as opposed to the VERY Anglo Laffy-et (YouTube a version of the song "Allons a Lafayette," and you can hear the Cajun pronunciation for yourself). I suspect it was Anglicized in the post-WWI...

My impression is that she left Ryan, hung a left (South) onto Parkside. Then she rode a block and hung another left (East) onto Versailles. The East turn down Versailles is, I think, a better-lit block with a school and a bank, whereas the West turn is some houses. Also, turning East allowed...

Johnston is the main drag through town, which passes by the University on the South edge of the downtown/Saints Streets region. Congress parallels Johnston north of the downtown/Saints Streets region. Artmosphere is about 3 miles from the intersection of Johnston and South College (a major...