7. Charleston
Jens is encouraging me to write some of the blog entries - although I am quite happy to let him do the writing and me take the photos, which is…
6. Jeannie and The Kickin’ Chicken
“You been comin’ here your whole life too?” “Nope,” I responded. “This is my first time here.” So began my 15-minute conversation with Jeannie, while the two of us waited…
5. Underway . . . Sort Of
Tuesday morning brother Scott drove Shelly and me over to the coast to Mt. Pleasant to pick up our bikes at Trek Bicycles of Charleston. Since we were already near…
4. Wheels Down at CHS
Wheels down came abruptly and with a hard jolt as we landed at Charleston International Airport Saturday night in a thunderstorm. “It seemed like the pilot was surprised to find…
3. Logistics
We shipped almost all of our stuff to Charleston, South Carolina, about two weeks ahead of our flight there. The bikes were shipped via Bike Flights (bikeflights.com). Bicycle Way of…
2. Our Stuff
We are both riding 2019 Trek 520's, mine red and Shelly's gray. They are touring bikes, built for exactly the kind of trip we are taking. (No, we did not…
1. Our Route
How did we decide our route? We first decided the two ends of the route. We wanted to start and end our journey at places we had some connection to…