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...