Bikes, food, and travel!

What more do you need? I'm back from my bike tour to Savannah, which was pretty solid. High points included many, many miles of open roads, mostly friendly people, and finally getting to see Savannah:


It also had low points, like the abutment and crown from my implant falling out at lunch on day one, necessitating a trip to the dentist today, and literally dozens of aggressive charging dogs. I managed to outpace all of the dogs, but had to bear down and hustle many times.

Savannah is pleasant, but very touristy. It also has a somewhat complicated relationship with bicycles:

The relationship is sometimes downright antagonistic:
This last one is the square that, just a little west of this sign, has the Mercer-Williams House made famous in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Savannah also has:

creepy fish, and

fancy cemeteries.

A few random shots from the bike tour itself:

This was the first picture I took. It seemed like a good omen.

I didn't go there.

Plenty of services available along the route.

And just in case you were under the mistaken impression that racism wasn't still alive and well in Georgia, here are some shots from near Wrightsville:

"Southern independence / a time of truth". You can't make this shit up.

Here is the whole monument to bigotry and hatred. The confederate battle flag on the ground was about 12x12'.

And here's a little old time religion thrown into the mix. The monument is in the background, with handy directions to church in the foreground.

If you read the plaque carefully, you'll see that the whole nightmarish monument to bigotry, oppression and hatred was erected by the:

Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Need a little background? The "SCV" "is preserving the history and legacy of these heroes, so future generations can understand the motives that animated the Southern Cause. " And SCV has a program called "Heritage Defense" which, among other things, is taking to task those bleeding heart socialist radicals at NASCAR which "continues to publicly denounce it's southern roots and pander to the anti Confederate Flag elements." [Editor's note: I think the ignorant bigots mean "its" rather than "it's."]

Plenty of people still fly the 1956-2001 Georgia state flag though maybe it's just coincidence that it prominently features the Confederate Battle Flag. You think?

And since I promised some food:
The eating on the trip was pretty rough. I ate a lot of toast and clif bars. And the beer options really sucked, really bad. But the people here, in Metter, GA, were super friendly.

More food to follow, I promise!