We slept in to 8:00 this morning. After a cold breakfast in the hotel lobby we loaded up and pulled out by 9:15. The ride today had one very big unknown that even kept me awake a little last night. We had to cross lake Marion. The only way across according to the maps was I-95 and we could not ride on it. I knew the original hwy 301/15 bridge use to cross at the same place and googling streets I could even see it, but I wasn’t sure we could ride across it. I wasn’t even sure that they had not taken a section out to insure you couldn’t ride across. I had emailed the local bike clubs and they said we could cross, but still I was uneasy. If we could not cross here it meant a whole days detour and a very unhappy stoker on the back. Turned out to be a great 4 miles because we had the whole bridge to ourselves. We rode right past the barricades and across the bridge. We took some great pictures from the bridge. The only problem was the memory card was still in my computer. You will just have to take our word on how award winning and stunning they were. The best shots of the trip.
From then on it was a relaxing easy ride with low traffic and mostly wide shoulders. We stopped in Santee and did our laundry and then rode on to St George where we ate a late lunch. We arrived at the park around 4:30. We unloaded and I still had enough energy to ride 3 miles down the road to a pantry to get some cold drinks. Cold drinks are what we really miss when bike camping. That and pillows, a mattress, AC, chairs and few other things, but mostly cold drinks, and oh yeah TV.
Today’s stats:
48.2 miles
4:16 hrs/mins
22 max
11.34 avg
It's no fun sharing the road with these guys
SC yard art, the best in the world
The captains cockpit
One of the outstanding restaurants we patronized
Camp
Do I detect a trend, more hotels less tents?
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Mary and Drew