Miles to Beaufort: 82
I didn't get the blog written yesterday because of a long day of riding and visiting with family in the evening.
The ride to Charleston was scheduled to be a very long one. So I decided to ride to the first SAG, then take a bump to the second SAG and ride in from there. To ride the entire way, I might have been on the road until 6 pm. I had not realized how far down the ocean Myrtle Beach extended. It seemed like it would never end. The majority of the day was spent on 17S. There was a lot of traffic and the small shoulder was filled with a rumble strip. It was not a pleasant ride.
One interesting part of the day was a Harley rally that was occurring. We were at the second SAG when Harleys started arriving. There was over a 100 of them and they completely filled the parking lot of the store. It turns out it was a charity ride to raise money for indigent women with breast cancer. It was really interesting talking with them.
The other riders really enjoyed the Ravenel Bridge. The view from there is amazing. I heard that Will Smith's yacht was docked on the Charleston side.
Norm was waiting at the hotel when I got there. Then a while later our friends John, Michele, and Nickolai came. We all met Robert, Jill, Charlie, and Cate downtown for dinner. That was really fun. After dinner we went to hear Robert play jazz. Bill, Doug, and Chris (riders) joined us. It was a very nice evening.
Today we rode down 17S for 30 miles. More rumble strips. Then we got on countryside roads. The ride became very pretty. Hank, the senior citizen of the group, pulled me all day. That made it so nice. We stopped at a historic church that was burned twice. Once by the British and once by the North. Incredible that a building of that size was out in the middle of nowhere. However the mosquitoes tried to carry us off while we were looking at it.
Rain is in the forecast. I hope it doesn't come down too hard tomorrow.
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