Bike Touring on the East Coast: Point South, South Carolina

During Spring 2015, a group of friends and I will be touring the entire east coast from Key West, Florida to Bar Harbor, Maine, approximately 2,500 miles in total, following the Atlantic Coast route created by the Adventure Cycling Association. This will be a self contained fully loaded bike tour which means I'll be carrying around 45 lbs. or so. I'm looking forward to experiencing the east coast like never before. With this blog, I plan to post pictures as we progress using the BlogPress APP on my mobile phone. Let's see how it goes and wish me luck. On a bike tour such as this, our daily challenges and not necessarily in this order, will be our physical condition, food, shelter, traffic, navigation, and weather. The above picture was taken during my Southern Tier crossing of the U.S. in spring of 2008. Bike touring requires a specific mind set and a passion.

Monday, April 6, 2015

Point South, South Carolina

After driving 60 miles from Savannah to Statesboro, getting our bikes out of storage and returning the rented van, we began our 70 mile Easter Day ride to Point South at 10 a.m. and finishing around 6:30 p.m. Again we were in the beautiful countryside of Georgia which means azaleas, dogwoods, and more boggy marshes. A light easterly wind created a headwind, but luckily it wasn't too strong overall. Today we finished in South Carolina and tomorrow we'll ride another 58 miles before driving to Charleston in rented vehicles for another rest day to see the sights. Happy BDay Nancy.