Miles to Ride: Day 4 - Riding Day 1 - Pinopolis (Moncks Corner)

Wakeup: 6:00
Hours slept: 5:26

Cumulative Miles: 39.8
Miles: 39.8
Time: 5:45:55
Calories: 1773
Ascent: 1089.2

Rode with: Sarah and Rae at beginning (sweeps)

Breakfast was again provided and much appreciated. We were about ready to head out. Of course, there is a lot of cleaning to do when 28 people stay in one place for a few days. We like to leave hosts better than we found them, so we all spent a while making sure it was spotless. Then, we had our route meeting, which consists of the plan for the day, where lunch will be, who's driving the van, who the last riders are (sweep), etc. The pastor sent us off with an awesome prayer.

Natalie!

We rode to the beach railing ledge thing and took many many photos. Some people climbed over since they weren't able to do the wheel dip a couple days ago. I climbed over to the 5 foot beach to swim for a bit and build a sand castle. I wish I would have stayed there longer last year, so I took my time, but soon realized the sweep riders were waiting on me. I got out and dryed off. I took off ahead of them.

I don't really trust other cyclists when I don't know how they ride. Bike & Build attracts a lot of new people to the sport, so I'll give everyone a couple days while I start observing their riding style to get used to them. I found the local Charleston ReStore and Habitat office, so I stopped for a photo.

Sweep caught up and we snapped a few. I took off again and found a yard sale. Sweep joined in again. Next I found a duck pond and tried feeding some ducklings and their parents. There were a lot of geese in the area, too, and they appeared to be super territorial. Rachael got three flats on the first day, so I didn't hang out with sweep after I passed Rachael the first time. She was very positive about it. She was very happy a lot of people stopped to help and pitch in.