April 23, 2015
Myrtle Beach to Holden Beach
We started the day with breakfast at Croakers at the Pier. This has to have been the most convenient breakfast stop for us ever. We barely had to leave camp, as the pier pretty much looked over our campsite. It was a good breakfast too.
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The wind was strong in the morning making, it a little cool, so we donned long-sleeved jerseys and headed into, that's right, a head wind. Blowing from the west, which was the direction out of camp. Shortly afterward, however, we turned north and now and then got some tailwind (along with the now and then headwind). Of course, ever since we left Georgia, we have been generally headed in a northeast direction and have had mostly favorable winds. As we get to the Outer Banks, I suspect that will change (but our distances will be shorter as well).
Leaving Myrtle Beach requires riding on US-17, but we minimized that experience by going through the beach towns of Atlantic Beach and North Myrtle Beach, where we diverted to the much quieter Ocean Boulevard. These older beach towns also offer some interesting architectural adaptations.
And nice viewsheds.
Afterward, we cleverly wound around an interchange, but we still needed to ride US-17 at least one more time before crossing the border into North Carolina.
After entering North Carolina, the route was mostly minor primary and secondary roads, NC-179 and NC-130, both designated bike routes, to Holden Beach. We passed through Calabash but did not visit the Historic River Front but did get this picture looking downstream on the Calabash River.
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A South Carolinian told us it was the fishing capital of North Carolina, just like Murrells Inlet is the fishing capital of South Carolina. Who knew? I certainly didn't! You need to learn things on your tours!
Finally, we arrived at Holden Beach. Our original plan was to camp at Green Oaks, but they seemed closed for the season. Calling around, we settled on Ocean Breeze Family Campground. And they take the Family part very seriously.
Today's ride: 44 miles (71 km)
Total: 1,298 miles (2,089 km)
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