Riding with Compassion Blog

It’s Easter Morning and I guess we were meant to take yesterday off and this morning to reflect on the journey past and the journey ahead. We are repacking and reorganizing before we can hopefully ride this afternoon. The rain is supposed to stop but it’s still in the 40s and windy so the short…

Unscheduled day off today. Laundry, stretching, rolling and we will walk some of the path to make up for the lost miles. Off to Southport

Over the bridge and through the town to Pawleys island we go. The bridge was so fun and beautiful to ride over. It was great to finally see lots of people walking, jogging and only us actually- riding up and over the bridge out of Charleston to Mount Pleasant. The biggest concern as we started…

Breakfast at a cafe on the street downtown Charleston. Walk around and shop the local market, admire the architecture. Drive to Isle of Palm (stunning) then walk the beach and put our feet in the water.  Drive to Trek bike store for some bike shorts and a new T- shirt that says “go by bike”-…

Perfect weather today. What a beautiful ride through back roads and on bike trails for probably80% of our ride. We had a wonderful day even though Diane had a mechanical issue that was fixed after a few miles and Jim’s trusty tool. We made it to Charleston around 2pm. Our hotel is great and right…

So much traffic, rumble strips, sandy dirt road, saddle sores, it was a tough one all around. On a positive note we saw alpacas, donkeys and mini donkeys on a farm we were riding by. Soooo cute! Glad it was an easier day planned for today. Walterboro it was good to see you when we…

We started from the hotel in Brunswick GA. While we were packing up a guy approached us asking what we were all about. He lives in Maryland and is in a bike group called Christian Cyclists. He really wants to meet up with us when we go through Maryland and possibly ride a bit with…

Terrific Weather Day! The day began at Jacksonville National Cemetery as Diane’s mother was buried there and it was so close to where we were passing through. It’s such a peaceful place and a great way to begin the ride. The weather started at 70 and climbed to 84 but we did a good job…