Bike Touring on the East Coast: To Summerville from Point South

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.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

To Summerville from Point South

We are off the ACA route today mainly following Highway 17A for 60 miles to get to Summerville where we'll again put our bikes in storage and drive to Charleston in a rented vehicle. Unfortunately the roadway was not in the best condition, often lack a good bike lane, and was busy with cars and 18 wheeler trucks. Although the ride was scenic at times, our body and minds were under much tension today even though most of the drivers were as courteous as they could be given the traffic. "Knock on wood", we all arrived in Summerville safely. Ultimately, we finally arrived in Charleston in a rented Ford Excursion, large enough to hold 9 people, each with several panniers, just after 6:00pm. As planned, Steve is ending his tour in Charleston. We'll miss him.