We're starting day 8 of riding this morning. It took us 5 days to ride through South Carolina, at times we really felt out of our comfort zone on some of the rural country roads and at times we were out of the ordinary at some of our store stops. In general people have been been very friendly, helpful and curious about our trip. We are on a quest to make it to Florida to spend time with family so we have put in some long days. Also there are not a lot of camping or accommodation options along our route. The first 3 milage days were in the fifties, since then high 60s, 70s and yesterday 81 miles! The terrane has been great, flat in North and South Carolina and mild rolling hills in Georgia. After a month off from cycling in NJ we got soft and doughy, but now after a week of riding feeling stronger and fit. We talk a lot about the whole trip and marvel at all the different places, Eco systems and foliage we have seen along the way. The south is so different from the west and north east. People marvel at how beautiful Alaska is, which it is, but there are so so many beautiful places through out our country. We have really enjoyed riding in GA with its tall stands of pine, sandy soils and orange dirt. The agricultural experience has also been awesome, with lots of cattle and hay farming in the west and central along with corn and soybeans, in the south we have ridden past cotton fields and Vadallia sweet onions, peanut fields with a zillion peanut shells along the side of the road and we think pecan trees. We went off route yesterday towards the end of the day to find a motel to stay in, so todays route is our own, a shorter route to get further along our way and we will connect up with our mapped route at the end of the day. It's gotten much cooler and there's showers to day, so a shorter route will be appreciated!
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