Heading North

Hey y'all! On day 7 We got a late start out of charleston due to the start of a thunderstorm and the comfort of our friends' home. After fighting our way across the city and two bridges we made it into mount pleasant, still in a downpour. We made plans to sleep in a national forest down the road. We stopped into a trek bicycle store to use the bathroom and get Jon another water bottle... And then we met Ben! After hearing our national forest plans he invited us to stay with his family where we had a wonderful time, stayed gloriously dry, and were very well fed. Feeling great we set out the next day for our first 90 mile day. It was a long day with not much besides trees around us. We camped by the Great Pee Dee river. 

On day 8 we made it into the bigger town of Conway where we ate breakfast at the diner pictured above. A sweet older couple saw our damp bedraggledness and that we were from out of town and picked up our check. We stopped into a smaller cafe just to use their wifi , got a snack, and someone else pickef up our check without saying a word. Wowzers, we were blessed and loved by the folks in Conway.

We like getting peaches at stands!

Then we entered North Carolina! State number 3! That night we camped at an rv park and bought raw shrimp from a small business to cook for dinner, yum.

It wasn't raining when we went to bed but it started storming again in the night. We woke up on day 9 to get ready in the rain. The campground had a covered pavilion that made prep much nicer. We're starting to have a routine but each day is quite unique. We got to visit a local church that morning. At first it felt a bit like we were stepping in on another family's gathering- but turned out to be a beautiful picture of our unity in Christ's death and resurrection and it was great to worship with brothers and sisters in Shallotte, NC. 

Later that day we took our first Ferry!!!! Very fun. Then made it into Wilmington and stayed at a hotel to dry everything out.

Our trusty Adventure Cycling maps! We've spent some time planning over the last couple days.

Today, day 10, we ride out of Wilmington to parts unknown!