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My PassionsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687302594902460755noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362909378687929872.post-13291605811224582962015-10-20T16:27:00.002-04:002015-10-20T16:31:53.551-04:002015 Breakaway to the Beach MS society charity ride in Sunset Beach NC<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">It has been a while since I last made a post so here goes one now.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /> <span style="background-color: white;">On October 17th, I did a 50-mile bike ride for the MS Society to help raise money for Multiple Sclerosis Society so it can fund research for MS.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c1130;"><br /> This is the first time that I have done the Breakaway to the Beach ride since 2007. That was when I had to quit doing them because of my handicap. So now it been 10 years since my leg injury back in 2005. In that charity ride, I rode my bike hard to get from Columbian to Darlington Motor Speedway a distance of 75 miles. in approx 4 hours averaging about 18 MPH. That was my best and fastest MS bike ride back then.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c1130;"><br /> Fast forward to October 17th, 2015 I once again did another MS bike ride. It wasn't the same route but never the less it was a flat ride as it was then. For the first time since then I felt really good so I expected to do well for the ride this year. Conditions were not nearly as favorable for me as it was in 2005 so I knew that I probably could not go as fast. The weather was very cold and windy. The first 30 miles I had to fight and head the wind which slow me down but I was still going faster than a lot of other cyclists was going. Once we made the turn going downwind I really pick up speed going at 20 to 24 MPH. My average speed was getting faster and faster. However, I came to the finish before I was able to get my average speed as high I was hoping for.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687302594902460755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362909378687929872.post-12477139739709715482013-08-21T19:53:00.001-04:002013-08-22T06:45:35.972-04:00My first full year of doing steep climbs on a bicycle in the Mountains of NC. From August of 2012 to August of 2013<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>On August the 17th I participated in the Blue Ridge Breakaway riding my bicycle in the mountains of NC. This represents one full year of bicycling in the Mountains. In the past year I have done 10 bike rides in the mountains climbing steep mountain roads. I deliberately choose difficult rides to built up my endurance level in anticipation of doing some bike touring. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>While I have done 10 bicycle rides in the mountains I have done a lot more in and around my home in Lancaster and Charleston.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>I have never been good at climbing and did not know if I could even climb up a steep mountain especially when the climbs were several miles long some as long as 15 miles with category 1 climbs along with 2's. 3's. 4's and 5's. 1 being the hardest and 5 being the easiest. I have to say that after doing some cat 1 climbs I got so tired that even the 5 Cat climbs was not easy and they are supposed to be the easiest.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">To do these kinds of ride was not easy for me. I have a handicap and can not walk good and to even walking is very painful due to a damaging injuries to my left leg. However I am fortunate that I can ride a bike pretty darn good. Especially for 70's something old man. </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>After a year of riding bikes in the mountains my leg muscles have gotten much stronger but I do need to build up my endurance more. I no longer get muscle burning while cycling up hills. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>My goal for another year is to lose more weight so I can climb faster. I also hope to get a bike setup especially for hill climbing and to use for touring. Oh! and do more steep climbs. Hopefully tour the entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Speaking of touring I had hope to do a cross country tour with someone that ask me if I wanted to join them but they change their mind on this, probably never meant it anyway. I wish people would not say things they do not mean. It was my dream to cycle coast to coast and that meant a lot to me.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>I am much stronger now on a bike than I have ever been so doing a cross country is possible as for cycling goes but for now it will remain on my bucket list of things to do for another time. It sort of a let down but that is life.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>For now I am focusing more on doing the entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway on my bike. The logistic of doing that is much easier for me to arrange. I don't need a cycling partner but will see if I can find one first. I like to try and ride it this year but it most likely will have to wait until next Spring.</b></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687302594902460755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362909378687929872.post-67536529008762256932013-06-18T08:18:00.000-04:002013-06-18T08:18:00.585-04:00West Michigan MS Bike Ride in Holland Mi.<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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I did my first MS bicycle charity ride since 2007. I travel to Holland Michigan
to do this ride. I first stop and stayed several days with my daughter who
lives in Westland Michigan. <br />
While staying with her I did some bike riding. The many times I been there I
always wondered where in the heck could one ride a bike in a sea of city blocks
and 4 and 6 lanes highways. All the
cities in and around Westland connect with each other you cannot tell when you
go from one city to another, they all look alike. However most all the blocks
are surrounded by sidewalks so I rode the sidewalks to roads that were relative
safe for cycling, in all I rode about a hundred miles in and around Westland on
sidewalks, bike paths along the interstates highway, and parks to as for as
Dearborn MI. As I found out one can ride a bike for hundreds of miles in places
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daughter’s home and travel to Holland Mi. by myself leaving Leila and my two
four legged friends to stay with her. Holland is on the other side of Michigan
beside Lake Michigan, 170 miles away.
Since my injury I never felt confident to go anywhere by myself so this
was a first since my accident. That accident has ruled my life ever since it
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I was full of apprehension wondering if I was up to doing the longest ride I
have done since 2005. I had a riding partner that my daughter connected me with
and only just met the morning of the bike ride. We planned or I planned to do
the 75 mile route not being too sure I would be able to do that. But as things turnout my performance was good
and we did 80 miles and would have done the hundred mile but we took too much
time sampling wines at three different wineries along the route plus having to
fix one flat tire, not mine. The century route was closed by the time we got to
the turn off for it. The next day I did only the 30 mile route because I did
not want to wear myself out for the long drive back to my daughter’s home. In
addition to the 80 and 30 miles I rode on the MS bike ride I did another 10 to
15 miles riding around Hope College and the town of Holland to see the sites so
about 120 plus miles for the two days I was in Holland.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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as that gave me the confidence to do this ride in a place that where I knew no
one. I have to thank my wonderful daughter as she provided all the money I was
required to raise just so I could do this MS charity bike ride as a surprise
gift for my birthday.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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can. This time I will start right from my home in Lancaster and ride to Sunset
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687302594902460755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362909378687929872.post-20590091129581325672012-11-20T08:52:00.001-05:002012-11-20T08:52:34.682-05:00Ride Mickey Ride Bicycle Ride.<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">The Ride Mickey Ride began in downtown Charlotte NC at 9:30 am saturday November 16th. I was a fun raiser for a bicyclist name Mickey that had been injured and was just beginning to be able to ride again. It was for a good cause and since it was only about 45 miles from home I decided to do it.</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">When I got there and saw some of the cyclist I knew I had brought the wrong bike. I had brought my 1994 converted Cannodale touring bike and should have brought my Cannodale road bike. The road bikes is faster but in this case I guess it would not have made much difference. I would not have been able to stay with those powerhouse cyclist anyway. I just would not have been as far behind them.</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">The ride I chose to do was 30 miles long which is not that long of a ride but I wanted to be back home at least around 2:00 PM to go out for dinner. In hind sight I guess it was good that I brought my touring bike as I met some very nice cyclist that I may not have met otherwise. However I did not get to chat with them much at the finish because I was in a state of panic.</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">You see when I arrived back to the car I thought I had lost my wallet. My keys was in the car locked up but fortunately the I did write down the code that I needed to get in the car and had it in my cycling pants. I spent so much time searching for my wallet that I miss some of the cyclist I wanted to meet and get to know. Meeting new people that loves cycling like I do is one of the joys of cycling.</span></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687302594902460755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362909378687929872.post-47396828792027487902012-11-15T08:28:00.001-05:002012-11-15T08:28:31.129-05:00Looking Glass Falls like you never seem it beore<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Not much I can say about the video, It speaks for itself</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I try to ride my bike several days a week. Once in a while I ride to the city of Lancaster which is about 8 or 10 miles from home. I don't ride there very often as the route I take goes through what is now a pretty rough neighborhood. It was not always that way but time has change things.. there. </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I also was borned in this neighbor and live there for the first 4 years of m life </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I have been very forunate in that no one has ever bother me or even attempted to bother me. I guess the th reputation it has now that worries me the most. A few weeks ago a cyclist was attacked and beat up while riding through this neigborhood.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I mention that in my last post that I had acquired a camera to record my bike rides that I do. On September 14th I did a 25 mile bike ride to town and did a video of this ride. Well it takes about two and half hours to ride the 25 miles plus the time I mess around. Two and half hours of video is a long time so I have edited it down to just a little over 4 minutes. I am finally getting more familiar with editing and think i did a pretty good job on this video but I am going to get better at as I learned.</b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687302594902460755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362909378687929872.post-42041285995535999372012-08-27T07:42:00.001-04:002012-08-27T07:42:36.109-04:00New technology at least it is for me.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b>After doing the Blue Ridge Breakaway bicycle ride I regretted not being able to take more photographs of the ride. I didn't stop to take any photo pictures because I was riding as hard as I could.</b></span><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b>I saw on Facebook about a camera that could be mounted on a bicycle to take videos and photographs. I had to have one and so off to REI to buy one. It is a very small camera that almost looks more like a spy camera but it it a awesome camera. It can be mounted almost anywhere on a bicycle being it has a wide angle lens it gets a lot of the surrounding it the pictures. </b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687302594902460755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362909378687929872.post-35784252934995969072012-08-20T10:12:00.001-04:002012-08-20T10:12:51.125-04:00The Blue Ridge Breakaway Bike ride August 18,2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The big day arrived to do the Blue Ridge Breakaway Bicycle ride in the mountains of NC. I don't have the official total of cyclist that had enter to ride in this event but at last count it was over 500 cyclist and if I heard right they expected about 200 more. The event feature 4 different routes with different lengths of the ride ranging from 24 to 105 miles in Length. Not knowing what to expect I elected to do the 24 mile Rabbit ride route.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;"><b>At mile 16 there was a sag stop with food and drinks to get fuel up with. I debated about stopping there and losing time to the leaders. I thought we were over the worse of the hills and it was going to mostly downhill the rest of the way. I felt going downhill I would make up the time I would lose at the sag stop. I happen to mention to one of the girls helping at the rest stop that I was glad that it was mostly downhill for the rest of the way. She corrected me and said, well she said I had to cross Hyder Mountain which was extremely steep and twisty. I told her she just broke my heart as I did not see how I could do another steep climb. She tried to soothe me by saying well it wasn't that bad. It was worse than bad. Again climbing that mountains sent my heart rate to 155 beats. For all of the 16 miles I had already done my heart rate never got below 145 beats. However I was never stress by the high heart rate but my legs was really getting to feel the pain. Well I made it up Hyder Mountain and though there wast no more hills to climb.</b></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687302594902460755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362909378687929872.post-29110208157736009782012-08-13T12:56:00.000-04:002012-09-08T18:25:06.537-04:00What to do when dogs chases you on a bicycle.<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>At first the conversation started out rather nice but the conversation turn about dogs chasing cyclist. He said he was always being chase by dogs that nipped at his feet. I suggested that he carry some pepper spray as that has worked very well for me. None of the dogs that I use it on has ever chase me again but I don't use the peper spray except as a last resort. Well he answer that by saying he has used peper spray but that it didn't do any good. The dogs just stop wipe there eyes with feet and take off chase him again with the intentions of biting him.</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I then told him about the Lease Law in our county. Dogs must either be on a least or inside of a fence in area. Well he said he has tried calling animal control and they supposely has said that there was nothing they can do dogs chasing him and it was waste of time to call animal control. I told him that I have had several dogs to chase me and I reported them to animal control and now the owners keep there dogs either in there house or in a fence area and are no longer a problem. </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>That started to making our conversation more confrontational. He said there was no such thing as a lease law in our county. I tried to tell him there was and that all he needed to do was look it up on the internet and see. That didn't make and difference to him as he was still adament that there was no lease law for dogs. I ask him politely to drop the subject as it did not make any difference to me whether he believe me or not. I was only trying to be helpful and didn't need or want to argue about it.</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It was time to say "Have a nice day" and for me get on with my morning ride and I left quickly. He shouted out while I was leaving that there was still no lease law. I think he would have argue that all day long and if I had given him the chance.</b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687302594902460755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362909378687929872.post-78984332410071755492012-08-02T15:30:00.000-04:002012-08-02T15:30:04.363-04:00<br />
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just went on some roads to see where they went. Well I sort of had in mind to
ride towards Health Springs the long way. After a while I came to the
conclusion I was lost. So I switch my iphone to mapping to see where I was. To
my dismay I was actually going in opposite direction that I thought I was
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finally recognized a dirt road that road last year and wrote a story about it
in my blog. It was a shortcut back to home but it was not a road to be riding a
road bike on. So I decided to turn around and go back the way I came. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunely turning around proved to be a little
disastrous for me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got into some loose
rocks and down I went. I remember thinking this was going to hurt. I laid down
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Thank goodness that all I had is some skin rash on my elbow and knee, nothing
bad. My big worry was did I damage my bike and the good news is that I didn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Here it is 2012 and I am now schedule to do my first organized bike ride since 2007. I have gradually got a little better at riding and better at hill climbing on a bike. I will need to climb hills a lot better than I was even back before my injury. I hope I am able to do this ride finish closer to the front of the cyclist like I used to be able to do. The hills is still my concern. If they are long and steep I may not do all that well but I will find out the hard way.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>In signing up for this ride I had to decide on which route that I would take. Having not done a lot of cycling in the mountains I decided to be cautious and selected the shorter route but once I get there and see the roads I may elect to do a longer ride. The mileage does not bother me so much it just how long and steep the hill climbing will be. Now all I need to do is to figure what bicycle I a going to use while doing the Bicycle tour in the mountains.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>These is the two routes that I am considering and I have to chose which one to do.. Both are not long rides but as I said I am being cautious. If I do well in then maybe I can start doing longer distance bike ride. The description of the routes are below.</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.blueridgebreakaway.com/panther.html">Panther</a> - A gorgeous ride through Panther Creek, Fines Creek and over Hyder Mountain. Riders will enjoy miles of river views and farmlands. Intermediate 40 mile Ride.</div>
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<a href="http://www.blueridgebreakaway.com/rabbit.html">Rabbit</a> Don't let the name fool you; this is not a warm and fuzzy beginner level ride. An intermediate level ride with several challenging mountain climbs. The Rabbit rolls through the farm lands of Jonathan Creek and Crabtree. The ride is marked by two moderate hill climbs over Coleman and Hyder Mountain before finishing with a scenic tour around Lake Junaluska.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b>The time is getting close now. Temperatures is expected to be around 54/55 degrees at the start time 7:30AM. Thunder storms are forecast but hope I that I will have completed my ride before it starts. Due to the fact The sponsors will not let me changed the route from the one I signed up for so I will be doing the Rabbit Route. I ought to be excited about doing my first organized bicycle ride but I am not.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>OH YES the bicycle ride is being held on August the 18th and will start at Lake Junaluska North Carolina and finish there.</b></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687302594902460755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362909378687929872.post-81851009043709882122012-07-21T11:12:00.000-04:002012-07-21T11:12:53.372-04:00Boykin SC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeulkLD_Shg4jn03jMHuU6YQiLmbTMh1d_mQX-98vwA0irezptjgpo_17FWXfpk0SZf1f6zvVm0MWWB9Kjb-i3kKz3vtA1VWiQ-XOiUF_OG2KtUdVSKQbvXHQM7PC1BGwU1BAy2-LRZlw/s1600/IMG_0354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeulkLD_Shg4jn03jMHuU6YQiLmbTMh1d_mQX-98vwA0irezptjgpo_17FWXfpk0SZf1f6zvVm0MWWB9Kjb-i3kKz3vtA1VWiQ-XOiUF_OG2KtUdVSKQbvXHQM7PC1BGwU1BAy2-LRZlw/s320/IMG_0354.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"><b>Swift Creek Baptist Church in Boykins</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"><b>Establish in 1787</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><b>When we were on our way to Charleston last week we stopped by the small Town of Boykin SC which is only about 5 miles or so south of Camden SC. This isn't all that far from Lancaster were I was born and now lived. Why I never heard of this place before I don't know but it has one event that happen a long time ago that is very significant. He happens to be where the last battle of the civil war is though to have been. It took place 9 days after the surrender of general Lee army in virginia. Wether it was the last battle or not it was at least one of the last battles.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkWZMGtvzb9esawycJI0T9U7sH43BbEEd94INtzxFyvKlXhQ04twiYx-DFytPZArYtC_bbkWRxfJ0zMcOcbplsXNrfnEy3Au_8JSDeb3BvgQYNAM8lJlsP9N4hM3LOjILN_l8DYWTFCQ/s1600/IMG_0355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><b><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkWZMGtvzb9esawycJI0T9U7sH43BbEEd94INtzxFyvKlXhQ04twiYx-DFytPZArYtC_bbkWRxfJ0zMcOcbplsXNrfnEy3Au_8JSDeb3BvgQYNAM8lJlsP9N4hM3LOjILN_l8DYWTFCQ/s320/IMG_0355.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><b> Inside of Swift Creek Baptish chruch. The building is in very good shape for a church that is tha</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-weight: bold;">t </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-weight: bold;">old. We were able to see the inside of the church and I took a few pictures of it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-Lb6yOv57r0rZZSYbfgpWyiYKo9zIsmFFXXh9T5ijdBpdCQAS5lLpzyWScE-_F5l2yuLEdfgjtt89Vl4b8PoRLS9m0iRvleMvrMhess-dXWqgqVSjsBBiOSAKmtwbxc0KaVs70Kjsqg/s1600/IMG_0362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-Lb6yOv57r0rZZSYbfgpWyiYKo9zIsmFFXXh9T5ijdBpdCQAS5lLpzyWScE-_F5l2yuLEdfgjtt89Vl4b8PoRLS9m0iRvleMvrMhess-dXWqgqVSjsBBiOSAKmtwbxc0KaVs70Kjsqg/s320/IMG_0362.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><b>Some fo the buldings in Boykin. Boykin has a old timey grits mill, A broom maker which sells old timey brooms, but be prepare to wait if youi want one. There is waiting list of a year or more to get one. Two restaurants I didn't get to eat there but the food did look so good I plan one returning there to eat. A few other business as well.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEk7t5l7yUHXUfHWn6Mv-ScAd25oj2Uy-1kA2V8s60dFZrT2cnd9S6DogpJYAb0md2zP7Vo2onJhJWr3IEWAlKH12mRV_ptVK3Zg8rTf7eQMPzZD44WxoOw0leIOtL8bFJN6d-cABp7LU/s1600/IMG_0367.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEk7t5l7yUHXUfHWn6Mv-ScAd25oj2Uy-1kA2V8s60dFZrT2cnd9S6DogpJYAb0md2zP7Vo2onJhJWr3IEWAlKH12mRV_ptVK3Zg8rTf7eQMPzZD44WxoOw0leIOtL8bFJN6d-cABp7LU/s320/IMG_0367.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A cover bridge, didn't know there was one in South Carolina.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrMyow2Rqxz9k40FF9hIXiJEOW-TM2qWZl7Sn-ukresA7v9_w0ZFMiUvZPhyphenhyphenlmv2GtGTOQRyxZ7atWySrMdPLO3QmuZKr2EWTHJZxywdzgOH997mLJtbqUFi8MNqQF4009op-PvVGPK0/s1600/IMG_0372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrMyow2Rqxz9k40FF9hIXiJEOW-TM2qWZl7Sn-ukresA7v9_w0ZFMiUvZPhyphenhyphenlmv2GtGTOQRyxZ7atWySrMdPLO3QmuZKr2EWTHJZxywdzgOH997mLJtbqUFi8MNqQF4009op-PvVGPK0/s320/IMG_0372.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><b>This one of the restaurants in Boykins.,arbecue is there specialty. It has only been open about a month but I got there to early to eat. However it is a unique place and I want to go back soon to eat there.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><b>Boykins is out in the boondocks but it a wonderul place to vist. I plan on going again soon. I also plan on riding my bicycle on the road is it located on. It looks like it would be a great senic road to ride on.</b></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687302594902460755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362909378687929872.post-73737783677824893342012-06-26T13:41:00.000-04:002012-06-26T13:41:30.545-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgnZiK4NGAloRuKuVmsU0NKpGsINPCZ0tAuM_eBjck1zn2G_tbMNd6-oR01eiFNRo78xNldQqA9B-yDjN5ncFPbxr5VYdLilLkIA3qQ71duc_0fiHkdox_Xgb5eAcuQC_WPn6q0ovtYQ/s1600/Cape-Hatteras-Lighthouse-20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgnZiK4NGAloRuKuVmsU0NKpGsINPCZ0tAuM_eBjck1zn2G_tbMNd6-oR01eiFNRo78xNldQqA9B-yDjN5ncFPbxr5VYdLilLkIA3qQ71duc_0fiHkdox_Xgb5eAcuQC_WPn6q0ovtYQ/s320/Cape-Hatteras-Lighthouse-20.jpg" width="246" /></span></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> The Cape Hattera Lighthouse as it is seen today in its new location. It was moved some years ago to keep it away from the ocean. like what happen to the Morris Island Lighthouse in Charleston.</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> <b>This is a picture I took of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse back in the late 1960s. There has been some dramatic changes in the beach since that time.</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>A few years ago perservation effort made has now stablized the Lighthouse so it would not fall into the ocean. Last time I saw it some sandy shoals has buit up around the lighhouse and at low tide it was out of the water. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I took my 1971 Schwinn Collegiate which all original to enter it in the bicycle show contest. There was not a specific category for my bike so I just enter it in hopes of winning the peoples choice for the best bicycle. I knew I had the best but wonder if anyone else did. It didn't seem like to many people were that interested in my bike, one of about 40 or more in the contest. I was so discourage that I almost left early. Well I stuck around but being so sure I was not going to win I pack up my bike before the the announcement of who won took place. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When the winners were announced I was sort of on pins and needles as I knew I had the best bike of the show but still though my bike was not going to win. The annoucement for each category was made for the Oldest bike, the best muscle bike, the best BMX, The Tetanus award for the most rusty bike, not sure what else and then the best of the show.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The above bicycle surely was the most talked about and I half expected it to win because of the attention it was receiving. I surely was the most unusual bike ever made, sort of scary.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>This weekend was my biggest day in Cycling since my injury in 2005.I went to Charleston South Carolina to partcipade in the After the Bridge Run. I had orginally plan on doing a century ride but though better of it since I have not ridden the long of a ride since 2005. I settle for doing the Metric Century instead as I felt like I could do that even though I have ridden this far since 2006 when I came in almost dead last in three different long bike rides. That ended my doing long bicycle rides and slow down dramatically have much cycling I did after that. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>This year led to dramactic improvements in my cycling ability and so this led to my trying to do the Metric Century ride in Charleston. I am happy tosay my average speed was pretty close to what I probably would have done before my injury. Can't say enough how good this made me feel. Hope to do some more organize cycling this year since I now have a better chance of keeping up with other cyclist. I know I can't expect to ever be as good as I was before I shatter my leg in 2005 but I am doing much better now than I had dare hope I would be.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Arial;">The two picture here were took while cycling on James Island and Folly Beach before the big ride this past weekend. I did not take any pictures during the ride because I was pedaling like heck just keeping up.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>I can’t believe that I am even considering doing this. But since a few months ago I found out I could stand on the pedals to put more power in my pedaling I am better at hill climbing now. Since my accident back in 2005 I have never been able to stand on the pedals until a few months ago. I never thought I would be able to do that again as the pain was too intense. Still is but I am over coming it.</strong></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhes-MUkCnxaXtzW3WOsiT7iYrho8KqfXYtExUouyddMIShrQKE7H7oBOl3VGqq6R05bnJAAacb3wX5CbYfpOZnoeuafOjhQLK1BjRZhzGFy9_Yt3aweMJHOwm6SHK_FGGDZ94BS5dL3Rg/s1600/IMG_0105.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703458779642911490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhes-MUkCnxaXtzW3WOsiT7iYrho8KqfXYtExUouyddMIShrQKE7H7oBOl3VGqq6R05bnJAAacb3wX5CbYfpOZnoeuafOjhQLK1BjRZhzGFy9_Yt3aweMJHOwm6SHK_FGGDZ94BS5dL3Rg/s400/IMG_0105.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> The top photo is of my 1947? Shelby Airflo bicycle. When I received it I was a bit disppointed as it look terrible. However with a little spit and polish it now looks great and does not need much done to it. Only the headlight was in bad shape but I am now working on restoring it.</div>
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So far I have obtain four antique bicycles. I love bicycling and collecting classic bicycles goes well with my love of bikes. I am hoping to at least add a couple of more bikes to my collection. However when I do find vintage bikes that are in good shape and the price is right I may just add them to my collection as well.</div>
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If you know of any please let me know where and how to contact the owners of such bikes. I am currently hunting for old ballon bicycles made in the 1940s and 1950s</div>
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To get a pair of Indian bicycles one a boys bike and the other a girls bike is indeed rare especially in the excellent conditions these are. The boys bike as a dyno hub in the front wheel to make electricity to run lights with. I hoping to adapt it to charge my iphone.<br />
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<br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffcccc;"><strong><em>You think that after I scouted this road I would be sure and not put it</em> on any of my cycling routes. Wrong I inadvertly added it to my todays route, a big mistake. This road name Rocky Creek Road is 2.1 miles long and it was uphill almost all the way, I mean really uphill. When I got to the start of this road I realized my mistake but it was to late. It was the way home unless I travel unfamiliar roads which I did not want to do. Doing so I would have extended my bike ride by several miles the distance to home. I was tired to do this and so I started up this road. My worst fears had materialized. Some of the climbs was so steep that my rear tire was slipping out from under me. It was so bad that I feared that I would crashed and get hurt. So I resorted to something that I have never done before. I got off the bike and pushed it up the hills rather than take a chance on falling and hurting my already bad leg. It was humilating to say the least but sometimes you have to what have to do.</strong></span></div>
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<br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffcc00;">It been a while since I last posted to my blog so I am catching up now. I started back riding my bike on a more regular basis and I been at it for about three weeks now. I put a lot weight so getting it back off is a additional incentive to keep biking. I have a new iphone with bike navigation and workout which I really like. My wife can follow me on the computer where ever I go. She knows where I am riding all the time now. Others can view me as well that are on my approved list to view.</span></div>
<br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffcc00;">Last week Idid have a big scared while riding my bike. A truck sideswipe me but luckly it was not hard enough to knock me off my bike. I was hit in the side and my mirrow on the bike got hit but did not brreak it. For reason I do not know it made a huge noise when it happen. My side was hurting but after a while the pain went away. The driver did stop to see if I was OK and to help me if I needed it. I was mad a heck about him hitting me but he was very apolgetic so much so I couild stay mad. I was going to call the police but decided against it since I did not see any damages to my bike and only some pain in my side which went away. </span></div>
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<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">A country home at the end of the above road.</span></strong>
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<br /><div align="justify"><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Yesterday I rode down to Hanging Rock Battleground. This a battle fought during the revolutionary war. Years ago there used to be a fairly good road by where my bike is parked. The road has since been block and has eroded badly and over grown now. Couldn't even ride my bike on it so I push it to get where this picture was taken.</span></strong>
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<br /><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJX4F4uRNwLQfW5MMstF5uap7MwTIEFkGzfa1Yz_evwcQQqZgGKYcrtWCi1fbejDHcd6_Gqc4BhazNCC8o0vmcOZZ2oB0FmQ3kx6OiSobpaVilKyQvaO6S0rad88wGFvtw-bjUGxSQnM/s1600/IMG_0095%255B1%255D"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642188584146371426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJX4F4uRNwLQfW5MMstF5uap7MwTIEFkGzfa1Yz_evwcQQqZgGKYcrtWCi1fbejDHcd6_Gqc4BhazNCC8o0vmcOZZ2oB0FmQ3kx6OiSobpaVilKyQvaO6S0rad88wGFvtw-bjUGxSQnM/s400/IMG_0095%255B1%255D" /></a> <span style="color:#990000;"><strong>Another view of the road. It looks fairly good in this picture but believe me it is not serviceable anymore.</strong></span>
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<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">I am gradually getting back in shape to ride long distances again. I probably will never be as good as I used to be before my leg injury but I still enyoy riding a bike. Doing a week long bike tour is questionable so I am not looking to try to any of them except maybe for the Katy trail next year.. I hope to do some day tours next year.</span></strong></div>
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In February 1992 she came to the port of Charleston SC for a good will visit. While in port the public was invited for a guided tour of the ship. The guides were all naval cadets from Columbia. I arrived there too late for the tours. However the ship's Captain did permit me to tour the ship and assigned one of the naval cadets to guide me. His name was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cisar</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Montengro</span> and he could not speak a word of English and I of course could not speak any Spanish. However that came to be only a minor handicap as he was very good at being a tour guide.</span></strong> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXUn0syEECJmCUGqZkzoV3_hHhVqWD6a5TBUK8Kj-2S1W0bYbR6VMyE26y1Qw-Ux3DWRjcDhYWDgv5-q5yoUX-0ZQrFGvl3lvxQoCKUljzQQsmrwECuLRRPBO_MTGrCbUz1BfhtWnqmU/s1600/Front-view-of-the-Gloria-%25232.jpg">T<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 263px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626645415530725314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXUn0syEECJmCUGqZkzoV3_hHhVqWD6a5TBUK8Kj-2S1W0bYbR6VMyE26y1Qw-Ux3DWRjcDhYWDgv5-q5yoUX-0ZQrFGvl3lvxQoCKUljzQQsmrwECuLRRPBO_MTGrCbUz1BfhtWnqmU/s400/Front-view-of-the-Gloria-%25232.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>The Gloria dockside</strong></span> </div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663333;"><strong>After the tour was over I asked <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cisar</span> commanding officer who spoke English if I could take <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cisar</span> out sailing out in the harbor of Charleston the next day. Of course the had to translate all this in English for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cisar</span> to understand. Permission was granted and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cisar</span> was eager to go sailing with me on my sailboat the "Rambler". </strong></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663333;"><strong>The next day I arrived early in the morning for a day sail in the harbor with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cisar</span>. A cold front had moved in and the winds where really howling at about 25 knots of sustain winds with higher <span style="color:#333300;">gusts</span>. A good day for racing but not a good day for a pleasure cruise. Worse was how was I going to tell him what needed to be done and when. Winds this high is no time to explain how to handle the sails especially when we needed to tack which is often in the harbor. I did not need to worry about that as <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cisar</span> just started to doing what needed to be done without me telling anything. He turnout to be a very good sailor and even though he had never seen my sailboat he knew how to do things as well as I did. I thought he would like sailing past his ship so we set sail to do just that. As we went by the Gloria all the grew recognized <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cisar</span> and started to hollering at him. He was easy to recongnized as he was dress to kill in his navy blues. </strong></span><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwBA_9RWBTQpt9qYqXmORGDwM5621YMTsio733sSKfnELG9-x8EalOvmaEIWOfVRpUnuAZEVBr3gVI0nGEoFka7FuGZlDndclmZG32pBT6tYsNXF0aLycC6GA7IdVOjHI6_o6IUj2cLE/s1600/The-deck-of-the-Gloria.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626645278491969554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwBA_9RWBTQpt9qYqXmORGDwM5621YMTsio733sSKfnELG9-x8EalOvmaEIWOfVRpUnuAZEVBr3gVI0nGEoFka7FuGZlDndclmZG32pBT6tYsNXF0aLycC6GA7IdVOjHI6_o6IUj2cLE/s400/The-deck-of-the-Gloria.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#003300;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Looking down on the deck of the "Gloria</span>"<br /></span></strong><br /></span><br /><br /><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-qT-_cSVt6oAEyZe6qZUim2eOlxDeGJ4-UBJenslqH7ZtcM_-xFwMgTsjN9WHTf1rpkOhwh2uTFfdwDJzxBK2JR3t_8PIdzkVdeLDCz8kNBQe2CLP9euKEXiOW5V8dGmNgCSLaKEvcs/s1600/The-Bar-room-on-the-Gloria.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 310px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626645138189119698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-qT-_cSVt6oAEyZe6qZUim2eOlxDeGJ4-UBJenslqH7ZtcM_-xFwMgTsjN9WHTf1rpkOhwh2uTFfdwDJzxBK2JR3t_8PIdzkVdeLDCz8kNBQe2CLP9euKEXiOW5V8dGmNgCSLaKEvcs/s400/The-Bar-room-on-the-Gloria.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#336666;"><strong>That is me in the bar room aboard the Gloria. I never have seen a boat that was so well appointed as this was. No I didn't have a drink. I think this was only for the officers<br /></strong></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijub25PUAKasAUekG2ExALi15yuQd6wWAyn6ggH8MmQ5Q75CFrylCF-Djib2ISq7pzgr9kuOes3BLh9kZN6tWhae-VHzphl88DbAGRt7hOB0irwZMT-Z5bvMqBGXqIvNfa3ZCFswF0Ibc/s1600/Rambler-.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626644943133515570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijub25PUAKasAUekG2ExALi15yuQd6wWAyn6ggH8MmQ5Q75CFrylCF-Djib2ISq7pzgr9kuOes3BLh9kZN6tWhae-VHzphl88DbAGRt7hOB0irwZMT-Z5bvMqBGXqIvNfa3ZCFswF0Ibc/s400/Rambler-.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#993300;"><strong><em>(This is the Rambler named after my high school annual. Cadet <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cisar</span> and I went sailing on it out in the harbor when the Gloria was in Charleston 1992)</em></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#993300;"><strong></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><strong>We did have one exciting time while returning to Ashley Marina where I kept my sailboat at. The knew Ashley River bridge was under construction and there was no way I could go under it where the channel was. Too much stuff dangling of the side of the bridge for me to clear it. The bridge height from the water to the bottom of the bridge is 55 feet at high tide and guess what my masked was 55 feet high and it was high time made even higher by the high winds blowing the water up the Ashley river. I had to get <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cisar</span> back to his ship before 5:30 PM or he would be in trouble with his commander. </strong><br /><br /><strong>I had no choice I had to get under that bridge even though it was too low for me to clear it with the mask. I sure did not feel like losing it either. Since the wind was very strong I adjusted the sails to capture the wind enough to heal the Rambler over to about 25 degrees thus lowering the over all height low enough to clear the bridge, I had to inch my way and watch to be sure I did clear it. Only my radio antenna hit the bridge but no harm was done. The only real worry I had was if the bridge piling block the wind enough for my boat to pop back up straight and then hitting the bridge. But I am a good sailor and was pretty sure I was going to make it. </strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4W4pKbcmX_IuarMkXgdUIxd5PjTJiYbn-zunUQ2Ndq2w6SpCDBiTDe8YY-6vfT5bQ-SG2BOlZX9WlKSOV3gIRKAeWfPF96r4QXuowl1VahDkkmlWZNpjwwTqhd64kwgY3EE9DlxmAZ4U/s1600/Cadet-on-the-Glora.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 273px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626644753342104770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4W4pKbcmX_IuarMkXgdUIxd5PjTJiYbn-zunUQ2Ndq2w6SpCDBiTDe8YY-6vfT5bQ-SG2BOlZX9WlKSOV3gIRKAeWfPF96r4QXuowl1VahDkkmlWZNpjwwTqhd64kwgY3EE9DlxmAZ4U/s400/Cadet-on-the-Glora.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;">CADET<br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cisar</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Montengro</span></strong></span></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>My tour guide<br /></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><strong><span style="color:#006600;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cisar</span> is in full navy dress ready to go out sailing in the harbor. Not the kind of clothes one would wear to go out sailing in rough weather. I guess that still had to wear their dress uniform to look good for the public. </span></strong><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">I often have wonder what has happen to him over the years. Could he now be a admiral in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Columbian</span> Navy? </span></strong></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbhA1Sp0AiA-v3v_v08GlDAQq0KJHETIsh8rv4XnXYuK6CerUwoTPQlCZvKzxuWe6RFxL1WHx45fc36cXc4SaKuymJ3MlylBYtCQtccalzeA9CdKmyhQ04hfv0OkD2NVQZLzeXMzoydg/s1600/mask-head-on-the-Glora.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 261px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626644552877997282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbhA1Sp0AiA-v3v_v08GlDAQq0KJHETIsh8rv4XnXYuK6CerUwoTPQlCZvKzxuWe6RFxL1WHx45fc36cXc4SaKuymJ3MlylBYtCQtccalzeA9CdKmyhQ04hfv0OkD2NVQZLzeXMzoydg/s400/mask-head-on-the-Glora.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>The figure head on the tall ship Gloria</strong></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663366;"><strong>I think all tall ships had to have a figure head for luck or something like that. I always wanted one for my sailboat but then again it would have look sort of stupid on it.<br /></strong></span></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687302594902460755noreply@blogger.com2