The ride today was good but somewhat difficult. I followed route 17 all the way but found it to be disjointed. I did stop at an historic plantation, 50 miles from Charleston and far enough away that most tourists don’t go there. The Hampton plantation which was established in the early part of the 19th century, failed after the civil war economically, because of the very labor intensive process to grow rice. This was particularly interesting to me because the plantation house has not been restored beyond the very basic. It is far from anything even now, and it is easy to see how self sufficient the people must have been.
Myrtle Beach really surprised me but it should not have. Huge hoards of tourists looking for something to do creates what is there. The shark theme, and the pirate theme, are used frequently, many, many restaurants and hotels. There were many nice looking golf resorts, as well, Orlando FL is very similar, but Myrtle Beach attractions are more concentrated in a line because of the coastal proximity.
The transition into the higher country in North Carolina was nice as well. The farms with no swamps in between and less thick tall pine trees was a welcome change.
The traffic was heavy today and there were hundreds of stop and go intersections, needless to say I didn’t get as far as I had hoped. I look forward to going out to Nags Head, and Kitty Hawk early tomorrow and on the return getting on the freeway and covering some ground. I hope to get up into Virginia by tomorrow evening.
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