Today was a nice short ride. It is nice to be able to call 43 miles short when most of the folks I know would call 43 miles a long ride!!
There was an interesting start to the day. I am not saying that the hotel we stayed in was worse than the "Bates Motel" we stayed in the first night but we did a frog in the room. We don't know how he got in but we have seen hundreds of dead frogs along the road during the past few days, maybe one of the live ones hopped on board as we were passing by.
We left the hotel about 8:00Am and proceeded down the highway for about three miles to a restaurant for breakfast. It was a gloomy cloudy day and about 55 degrees, pretty much like all of the other starts we have had during the past week. We rode down Route 17 all the way through Myrtle Beach. When we got to Surfside, we stopped at a McDonald's for coffee. There we met a young man who is also cycling to Key West. He started in New Jersey and is working his way south. He stops every few days and finds some work to support himself and then continues on his way. We will get to Key West long before he does.
After our coffee, we continued riding south. We have noticed that everybody was expecting us as most of the marquees have a "Welcome Bikers" posted. We reached Murrel's Inlet about 11:30AM and I convinced Bob to stop for lunch. He said we just ate breakfast but I told him how we would have a good view of the inlet and we did not need to hurry as we only had about 20 miles to go to Georgetown. Although it is against his nature to stop just to stop, he did and we sat out on the deck of the Dead Dog saloon. Just as we sat down, the sun came out for the first time. Almost immediately the temperature rose and by the time we left, around 1:00PM it was pleasant outside. After another hour on the road, we came to a Sonic so we stopped. I remembered how good the Sonic blast was from last summer so I had one with M&Ms. Bob was able to constrain himself but it was his loss. We continued on Rte 17 crossing the Intercostal Waterway into Georgetown, checking into the Quality about 3:00PM. We did our laundry and spent a leisurely afternoon enjoying the sunshine!!
There was an interesting start to the day. I am not saying that the hotel we stayed in was worse than the "Bates Motel" we stayed in the first night but we did a frog in the room. We don't know how he got in but we have seen hundreds of dead frogs along the road during the past few days, maybe one of the live ones hopped on board as we were passing by.
We left the hotel about 8:00Am and proceeded down the highway for about three miles to a restaurant for breakfast. It was a gloomy cloudy day and about 55 degrees, pretty much like all of the other starts we have had during the past week. We rode down Route 17 all the way through Myrtle Beach. When we got to Surfside, we stopped at a McDonald's for coffee. There we met a young man who is also cycling to Key West. He started in New Jersey and is working his way south. He stops every few days and finds some work to support himself and then continues on his way. We will get to Key West long before he does.
After our coffee, we continued riding south. We have noticed that everybody was expecting us as most of the marquees have a "Welcome Bikers" posted. We reached Murrel's Inlet about 11:30AM and I convinced Bob to stop for lunch. He said we just ate breakfast but I told him how we would have a good view of the inlet and we did not need to hurry as we only had about 20 miles to go to Georgetown. Although it is against his nature to stop just to stop, he did and we sat out on the deck of the Dead Dog saloon. Just as we sat down, the sun came out for the first time. Almost immediately the temperature rose and by the time we left, around 1:00PM it was pleasant outside. After another hour on the road, we came to a Sonic so we stopped. I remembered how good the Sonic blast was from last summer so I had one with M&Ms. Bob was able to constrain himself but it was his loss. We continued on Rte 17 crossing the Intercostal Waterway into Georgetown, checking into the Quality about 3:00PM. We did our laundry and spent a leisurely afternoon enjoying the sunshine!!
Norbert and Bob----
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading all your blogs and I am very envious. You are having a wonderful trip if you leave out some of the weather but what's a little rain. Looks like two states to go!
Stay safe, both of you.
Bruce