Half Way

I am now in Kitty Hawk - half way!

Outer Banks

I am in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Almost half way!  Great weather now.  Hope it continues.

Need to check out more pies.

Surf City North Carolina

Heading to the outer banks. Today's pie was Coconut Cream pie from the Food Lion grocery store.  Just a C+.

Cape Fear

Finally got out of South Carolina.   It is by far the worst state for riding I have ever been in.  Heavy traffic and if shoulders exist they have rumble strips that makes them unusable.

North Carolina is much better riding!

Pie update - had Little Debbie Oatmeal pie from the gas station.  I give it a C.  Also had an Apple Pie from the Piggley Wiggley. Just a C+.

I should be about half way in a few more days.

Over One Third Done

I am in Charleston, SC and have over 1,000 miles complete!  We have our second rest day today so I toured the town by foot.  I learned a new version of the Civil War at the local museum.  I also discovered a store that specializes in Moon Pies!  Many sizes and flavors!  Moon Pies with ice cream.  They even run a movie on the history of Moon Pies (since 1917)!

South Carolina

Entered South Carolina today. We are on the third map (out of 7) almost a third of the way done.

Another flavor of Moon Pie -Strawberry.  I need to try some better pies.

Two more kinds of Moon Pies

Had two more kinds of Moon Pies today (Vanilla and Banana)   Yum, yum.

Also rode 86 miles .

Georgia

Finally out of Florida!  It is HOT and HUMID.  We are camped just outside the Okefenokee Swamp.

Another entry in the best pie contest -  Moon Pies from the gas station.  A nice treat when you are hungry but not a continder for the best pie on the east coast.

St Augustine

Some more long hot and humid days.  Finally a rest day at St. Augustine.  We are now finished with map One (six more to go).  We will be out of Florida soon.

Funny  thing about St. Augustine,  it claims to be the oldest Settlement in the US but Santa Fe, NM has much older buildings.  It turns out that St. Augustine was burned down three times by the British and once by pirates so the oldest buildings are from around 1740. Most are much newer than that.

Another long day

May 7:  Today was suppose to be only 65 miles but it was 78.  One mile shorter than yesterday.  Now it is getting real HOT.  Glad I have a fan for my tent.   

Palm Beach

May 6:  Today was long with a head wind all day - 79 miles.  One person got a hotel room 20 miles before the end and another came in at dark.  We had lots of food left over from dinner (with two pies - Pecan and Pumpkin).  Everyone loved the Pecan pie - a solid A!

Miami

It rained most of the day (60 miles).  We went right through downtown Miami back to Hollywood.  Further north to tomorrow.

Everglades

A short day (27 miles).  But we hiked and kayaked in the Everglades.  The hike was in up to 20 inches of water!  I prefer walking on wood decks.  Up to Hollywood tomorrow.

A lot more wind

May 3:  Got to Key Largo today.  57 miles and a lot of wind!  We leave the Keys tomorrow.  No pies today.

Leaving Key West

We left Key West on May 1st.  A lot of wind and TWO Key Lime pies!  The first was at a bakery 25 miles out.  It got a B+.

We also had one at dinner from the grocery store.  Big surprised - it was the best pie so far!  An A-.

More later.

The Journey Begins

I started riding from Key West today.  The Key Lime pie I tried was just so so.  I give  it just a C+.

He is a quote for today:

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step"

-Lao