I am sitting in a restaurant with WiFi having lunch in Sullivans Island South Carolina and writing (actually talking into my phone)
I started out on Saturday morning leaving the snow in western North Carolina.
Time to go South! Headed to the Lowcountry of South Carolina, arriving at Givens Ferry State Park that afternoon. Time to load up the bike and ride the 100 yards to my campsite. 😀 All the campgrounds here have a two night minimum, so I decided just to camp and ride out from the campground.
The next morning, it was 37° and I needed a cup of coffee. Haven’t figured out my camping coffee set up yet, but it is imperative! Headed out in the truck to find it and ended up in Summerville, a sweet little small town where I used to do a favorite craft show. Found a great little restaurant, I had a cup of coffee and breakfast and then explored the town some. Back at the campsite, I loaded up the bike and set out to ride. I started out heading towards a historic site. Everything seemed balanced well in the panniers, GPS working well and the day was warming up. I eventually ended up on Highway 17, which is a major road following the coast thru several states. Decided to turn off onto something less traveled and ended up in Summer’s Corner. This became a huge residential development with huge houses set 3 feet apart from each other. There were pools, parks, trails, a performing arts center (!) and an elementary school. The nice surprise was a little cafe which had someone doing live music. Good time to stop and have a cup of coffee, which turned into a cold beer since it was after noon and the weather was warm now. After listening awhile, I headed back, getting in about 30 miles.
On Sunday, I was up early after a comfortable night in the 60s. Decided to hike the river bluff trail wow the birds were still singing. Lovely hike, returned to the campsite and packed up. Then headed into Charleston, where I had booked a ferry trip out to Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter is where the Civil War began, when South Carolina militias fired on the federal government after seceding from the union. The trip across the bay was lovely, saw lots of dolphins. On the island, there was a flag raising ceremony by the Ranger. He gave a very unifying talk about how the subjective meaning of the flag means different things to different people. But the objective meaning of the flag is the United States , that we are all unified as one.
2 Wheeled Wanderer 