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Myrtle Beach by Tricycle

 Greetings from the beach at Myrtle Beach State Park, It was just over 300 miles from our campsite in Okefenokee Swamp to our campsite in Myrtle Beach State Park.  My rule is no more than 300 miles a day, my bad. I was driving when Steve used his phone to find us a place to get Pizza.  It turned out to be a pizza and coffee shop.  And they don't start serving Pizza until 4:00.  So we each got a sandwich instead.  Pizza is still on our agenda.  Maybe on a biking day... The place had some interesting art work.  This piece reminded me of one of El Towle's paintings that I have a print of hanging in Steve's house. Our site at Myrtle Beach State Park cost $85 per night.  I think that is the most I have ever paid for camping.  Steve commented that hotel rooms probably go for over $200 in Myrtle Beach.   It was a nice park with lots of vegetation,  lots of beach access and fishing piers. The pathways to the beach were bordered wi...

Floating Over Swamp Monsters

Greetings from Folkston, Georgia, We kayaked in the Okefenokee Swamp.  It was scary at first, I won't lie.  But I would do it again. We are camped at Okefenokee Pastimes Campground which is directly across the road from the Eastern entrance to Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. It was a real short drive to get here from our stay at Moon Shine Acres  RV Resort in Fort White, Florida.   We stopped at an Anytime Fitness for a couple hours so I could do my PT and strength exercises.  Steve fixed us a nice salad in the trailer for lunch. We got to our destination in time to pull our trikes out of the truck and ride down the Suwanee Canal road to the Okefenokee visitor's center.   It was closed early due to staffing shortages, but the staffer/ranger let us in and said we could look around as she closes up.  I used up her closing up time asking where we could launch our kayaks and was there a trail for us to follow. She was very nice and helpful a...