This morning I went back to Red's and started from where I quit last night.  This let me go across the bridge and that really was a great view.  I then went to Margaritaville Charleston and looked around.  The Margaritaville there is only a store without a cafe.  I think everyone should write in that they need a cafe there and hope the powers that be listen.

After looking around a while I resumed my travels on Route 17.  The road is nice but there are long stretches that do not have anything other than egrets, herons, and basin areas.  If you ride here plan for this and carry plenty of water and food.  Just before getting to my destination there was road construction which made some of the road more narrow and the cars were coming very close.  One guy even stopped me and offered a place to stay for the night but it was a little off route and I want to be sure to be in Key Largo early so I can enjoy the trip down the keys and take plenty of pictures.Since I started a little later to avoid the morning rush I rode into the darkness to get to a hotel in Point South.  Luckily they have wireless internet and I can post these updates.  Tomorrow I hope to reach Savannah where I will get to meet the Savannah Parrothead club.

Stats: 69.2 miles, 11.5 mph avg., 27.3 max., 9:20 total time, 6:01 moving time, 6647 calories, 123 avg. HR, 175 max. HR.

Today I officially started the ride to MOTM in Key West.  I didn't get to Myrtle Beach until about 12:30 so I went for a short walk on the beach to feel a little sand and sea water on my feet.  There a saw a sign that I just had to get a picture of concerning a Tsunami Zone (see the pic).  I then had lunch at Margaritaville Myrtle Beach that included a couple Landsharks (for nutritional value of course) and then took a few pictures with manager John and some of his staff (Lindsey, Steph, Ashtin) hopefully a good omen for the trip.  Thanks to all the great staff there and especially to Kristen for her addition to my lanyard.

Then hopped on the bicycle and headed down Ocean Blvd. and onto route 17 south.  The sky was cloudy and started dropping a little rain so I decided to stop early after nearly 30 miles rather than get wet.  I decided to check into a hotel near Pawleys Island so I could repack my bags in a more orderly fashion than I did yesterday when I was trying to get everything ready in a rush.  A clerk at the hotel recommended South Island Steakhouse for food and I was glad she did.  Mark Brinkley is the owner and a Parrothead himself, that fact being evident when I walked in and saw the deco and heard the Jimmy Buffett music playing.  The service there was great as was the food.  If you are in the area be sure to stop in for a meal or just a drink.

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Stats: 28.3 miles, 13.7 mph avg., 21.6 max., 2:31 total time, 2470 calories, 148 avg. HR, 172 max. HR. 

Specs.: 43.1 miles, 5 hrs. 32 min total time, 3 hrs. 28 min. moving time, 12.2 mph avg. moving speed, 28.5 max. speed, 2662 calories burned, avg. HR 104, approx. 1910.7 miles ridden.

Note: This does not include the mileage or speed of the ferry from Dauphin Island to Fort Morgan

Specs.: 27.7 miles, 8 hrs. 41 min. total time, 2 hrs. 54 min. moving time, 9.5 mph avg. moving speed, 23.9 max. speed, 2683 calories burned, avg. HR 93, approx. 1735.7 miles ridden. 

Note: Most of the calories burned today probably was through changing the tire and walking around but were included since I measure all of this from the time I get on the bicycle in the morning until I get off the last time at night.

Specs.: 66.9 miles, 9 hrs. 37 min. total time, 5 hrs. 27 min. moving time, 12.3 mph avg. moving speed, 39.0 max speed, 4805 calories burned, avg. HR 107, max HR 165, approx. 1170.9 miles ridden.

This morning I figured out that the directions the clerk at Hampton Inn gave me to Margaritaville were all wrong.  Luckily I found this out before I went ALL (just had a few blocks to go by the time I found out) the way there.  One good thing did come from the diversion, a family (I believe they were Chinese) were broke down with a flat tire on the street and I was able to change the tire and get them on the road again.  Never hurts to invest in the Karma bank account.  I was finally riding in the right direction when another rider stopped to talk a minute and offered to show me the way there.  Dennis lead me right to Margaritaville.  Thanks again.  At Margaritaville everyone was super nice and couldn't believe I had ridden all the way from San Diego to get there.  I reminded them that a true Parrothead will do anything to get to Margaritaville and have a Landshark.  We took a few pictures and I told them I had to be on my way again.  Thanks to all the staff there for everything.  I rode until I was back on my route East but the riding with traffic was much slower than the open road and I had to turn on my lights to find a place to stay.  Aaron N. helped my out a lot in finding a place to stay and I really appreciate him going out of his way to help.

Specs: 46.8 miles, 9 hrs. 6 min. total time, 3 hrs. 56 min. moving time, 11.9 mph avg. moving speed, 20.9 max speed, 3843 calories burned, avg. HR 104, approx. 2721 miles to go, approx. 441 miles ridden.