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.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Summerville to Andrews

We left Charleston at 7:30am for the drive back to Summerville and was on the road riding by 9:20am. With some route changes to avoid more riding on Highway 17A, the expected mileage to Andrews was 66 instead of 60 miles. The day which saw rain overnight, became quite warm and humid, but the alternate route was well worth the effort. Andrews is a small town with a population of about 3,000, but they had a Chinese restaurant run by a family that immigrated from China about 2 years ago, so I had to give it a try. The others went for Italian mainly because beer was available there. I thought the Chinese food was good and enjoyed talking with Ryan who is 25 and has a month old baby son.









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  1. sacramennahApril 19, 2015 at 7:26 AM

    Nice story about Ryan, Herb. Sounds like you are having a memorable good time.

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