East Coast Greenway Ride

  The next morning, clear blue skies reigned after an afternoon and evening of rain.  As we were packing up we noticed a new motorhome pull into the camping area that was a Volkswagen.  Always curious, we had to find out about this Volkswagen.  This guy is a Volkswagen fanatic and refashioned the front of a 99 Fleetwood RV to look like a Volkswagen.   His wife and two children followed in a Volkwagen "truck".  Dad would have loved seeing this setup!! After a short drive, we arrived at the Awendaw passage trail for a delightful 7-mile trail through the woods. Eventually, we arrived back on US 17, the "no shoulders" highway looking for lunch. We ended up at "Suck, Bang, Blow" a biker bar that had pretty good food and great service.  We got into some fun conversations with some of the patrons outside and they were amazed at where we were headed.  We got to sit on their bikes (very expensive ones!) and they tried out our bicycles.  They decided t...

We spent two days in Charleston partly because it was forecasted to rain during much of this Sunday.  Sunday morning, however, was to be rain-free so Sandy, Sarah, and I did a 20-mile ride and returned to camp with 10 minutes to spare before the rain started.   One of our missions was to go by a Borders bookstore to pick up another book for Sarah.  In the mall area, we came across a car show and spent time talking with some of the participants.  I'm sure most of these cars had never seen a drop of rain and we wondered if all of them made it back to their respective garages before the rain came a couple of hours later.   This is a '31 Ford immaculately restored with some later technology.   :>) Of course, colorful objects always draw our attention and we have to stop for a photo. Much of our ride was on lightly traveled streets but part of it was on the east coast greenway and was busy even on a Sunday morning.  We did arrive eventually, at...

This next morning we visited the Tybee Lighthouse and museum again.  The 150 steps to the top got our hearts pumping and we enjoyed the views from the top. Randy, Sandy, and Sarah rode a number of miles on the Old Spanish Moss Trail near Beaufort while Beth and I moved the magic sleds forward. Later in the afternoon Randy, Sarah, and I continued on the West Ashley Greenway, a lowland trail coming into Charleston that is part of the East Coast Greenway. As I was observing this artwork, a local gal walking the trail and I talked about the value of public artwork and I found out that she was a retired school teacher.   She exclaimed, "They could do better!" View from inside the lower tank. As the lowland trail ended deep into the suburbs of Charleston, we hopped onto the magic sleds and drove the final few miles to our  KOA in Charleston over the Cooper River bridge. Later in the evening, we met Beth's high school friend Jeanne and her daughter Amanda for a lively dinne...

  We awoke to a clear blue sky at our KOA in Brunswick, Ga, but as we were progressing toward the north pole, it was cold!!  45 degrees!  We had to scrape the frost from the bicycle seats! Even the local fauna was fluffed up. My coffee was almost cooling faster than I could drink it down. Soon we were in Savanah taking a tour of all 22 squares.  An excellent history lesson about the beginning of our country and especially of Georgia. The prohibition museum was a place we could have spent all day.  The beginning and end of prohibition were well documented.  The museum even had its own operating speakeasy, and the museum displays reminded me of Ken Burn's documentary titled "Prohibition."  Savanah is the home of SCAD, The Savanah College of Art and Design.  Many buildings of the college are sprinkled throughout the city.   Being a pocket door fanatic, I especially enjoyed seeing these pocket doors at the entry of one of SCAD's classroom buildin...