http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , South Carolina en-us Tue, 17 Nov 09 02:10:33 +0000 Tue, 17 Nov 09 02:10:33 +0000 Destination Beaufort SCLeft Charleston SC at 700 AM and arrived in Beaufort at 400. Great weather. Upper 70's and sunny. Rode with just shorts on most of the day. Lots of dolphin. Lucked out on the tides. We hit hight tide most of the day and the tides in this area run 5 to 9 feet with lots of shoaled areas at MLT. Tied up at the Downtown Marina and went to get a greasy hamburger and fries an http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Beaufort/blog-451837.html Destination as far south as we can get in one dayLeft Calabash Creek at 650 arrived south of Georgetown SC We are anchored in a branch of a river just south of Georgetown SC. Open and a lot of current but the winds are light. Had a few mosquitos but haven't heard anymore for a while. We are at mile 410 so almost half way to south Florida. Hope to be in Charleston SC tomorrow evening. Proba http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Charleston/blog-451040.html Destination Calabash Creek SCLeft Wrightsville Beach 615AMArrived Calabash Creek 430PMGreat run today. Made it to the anchorage at Calabash Creek just south of the SC line. Picked up my brother in WB. Probably on the boat for a few weeks. Dinghed two loads back to the boat. Lots of good food. Tight anchorage in a current with about 8 other boats all lined up. Don't know what will happen when t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Charleston/blog-450797.html October 30 and 31 2009Today was a loooong travel day. We left our wonderful hotel in Destin and started out for Jekyll Island Georgia. We had reservations there so that was our goal. It turned out that we had bitten off more than we could chew It was quite a distance and we probably left later than we should have. Again on this ride the time changedhelliphonestlyhellipDonna and I who ha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Hilton-Head/blog-450041.html Leaving New Orleans on Thursday morning we knew we had a long day of driving ahead but we were determined to make it to South Carolina for the awarding of class rings at The Citadel. One of Andrew's closest and oldest friends Brad will graduate next Spring and we didn't want to miss this milestone. Further we were eager to see Brad's family. Brad his parents and sister are among our closest http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Kiawah-Island/blog-449961.html 103009Every year I try to make the Shadow a little more comfortable. This winter I have some neat things planned to make it easier to stay in the saddle for longer periods of times. We all know that the only way to put the miles on the odometer is to keep the bike in the road. This past riding season I was able to add a small aux. fuel cell XM Radio and a good used GPS. The biggest issue I h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/blog-449770.html 102109 Tonight I start midnight shift at the PD and was in between sleep schedules. I woke up at 10 am and was met by my youngest middle son wanting to go for a ride on the bike. I checked the weather and WOW it was great riding weather clear blue skies a light wind and temperatures in the upper 70rsquos.I have wanted to take a ride over to St. Matthews SC and have lunch at the Town and C http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/blog-447141.html The significant thing that happened today is that we FINALLY left South Carolina After being in Hilton Head for a week we left for Greenwood SC after a telephone call with the endodontist. Tom's brother Stan also known by his family name of Buddy and his wife Carol live there. We enjoyed spending time with them in Maui earlier this summer and were anxious to see them again. We spent a wo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/blog-445059.html Charleston was next on our itinerary full of southern charm and hospitality. We stayed at James Island County Park the night before just outside the city. It was a great site with a good trail for some power walking around the fishing lake and swamp areas. The only downside with swamp come mosquitoes and within 5 minutes of arriving they were feasting on English blood. The site provided a bu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Charleston/blog-443365.html Over the last year and half my wife has complained about the little 7 inch seat on the back of the Shadow. So I went out on a quest to find a replacement seat to provide her comfort and enable her to take longer rides with me and Thumper.I checked out Mustang seats Russellrsquos and even companies that would rebuild the Honda seat that came with the Shadow. All the seats I found were in my http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/blog-443025.html On Sunday 092709 after church I decided to finally check out the motorcycle after getting it back earlier in the week from Honda of Sumter. There were a few things that I still had to do and I worked on them little by little all week long. The main thing that had to be done was rebuilding the mount for the XM radio. I used Testors glue to glue the plastic pieces back together. It reminded http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Columbia/blog-440391.html It is time for our first conference call Family Reunion Meeting Sept 29th 2009 time 930pm call in number 1 605 7154900 access code 178751Be Mindful of Your SurroundingsCall from a quiet location. You can use your self mute button as wellTurn off the ringer of a multiline phone or any other phone in the room.All long distance calls are on each caller. Most cell phones make free long distance http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Myrtle-Beach/blog-438289.html Welcome to Myrtle Beach South Carolina a vacation destination for over 14 million visitors a year.Obviously in a city this common to tourism there are many options for lodging. Tradewinds Vacations would like to offer the most pleasant stay possible and are therefore offering its members 7 days at the Tidewater Golf Plantation Club for only 498.00.If you have never been to Myrtle Beach Trade http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Myrtle-Beach/blog-436206.html On 091209 Cindy wife and I left Eastover SC and headed to Chapin SC for a little BBQ with members of MTF Motorcycle Tourer's Forum. We road in Cindyrsquos Explorer because the Shadow is still getting repaired from the little spill I took on Garners Ferry Road a few weeks back. You would think that with the thousands of Shadows Honda has built over the years that the side engine case wo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/blog-436021.html Life is not always about the big things such as big trips. Small trips can be just as much fun. Now that I have joined the adult world with a real job meaning it pays in dollars and has health insurance I don't have time to travel. However with tons of new friends and reconnecting with old ones I find my life to be very full and exciting. I am learning to appreciate the small things. With a th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/blog-435571.html A picture tells a thousand words.You may be disturbedYou may be amusedYou may think what on earth are they doingTwo wordsROLLER DERBYThere is something unbelievably fun about girls roller skating round in circles trying to knock eachother over and then at the end of it having a big party to celebrate together a win or a loss.It helps when one of the girls is your mates girlfriends so you dont seem http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Charleston/blog-433867.html On weekends I was on dinner with friends in a restaurant means it can be said that we were on get together. In the restaurant we meet with our college friend who also came for dinner and he was alone so he joined our company. Recently he came here to celebrate holidays on beach and told us about trip. By hearing one of our friend feel jealous and after going that guy told us this holidays we celeb http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Myrtle-Beach/blog-433156.html September 15th 2009 Hang on a secondTaking you back a couple of weeks I woke up one Wednesday morning at the glorious Mountain Light Sanctuary. It was my intention to drive back across the Great Smokey Mountains which I last explored rapidly in the dark on my way to the Sanctuary. Betty Boy packed I was ready for an adventurous trip down to Atlanta. I worked my way down to Asheville making a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Charleston/blog-433106.html Waves real waves at last. Unfortunatley in thse parts it takes a HurricaneCyclone to track off the coast as Bill did for there to be real waves.As you can see Bill tracked perfectly to not only provide great sized waves the bouys peaked at 12 feet at 18 seconds but it was coupled with perfect offshore winds to seal the deal. And to top it off it peaked on Saturday morning allowing a good sol http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Charleston/blog-433001.html Sunday 082309 I got off of work early and headed off to see the start of the 2009 Iron Butt Rally. I pulled out of the driveway in Eastover SC at 400 p.m. and headed out for Spartanburg SC. This is the first time I have taken a trip using my newly added XM radio and Garmin Street Pilot GPS. The XM radio was a great addition. The time flew by with the addition of music and sports. The Gar http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/blog-431684.html