Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Day 6 10/27/20 Who Knows to Jackson, SC

 Last nights campsite has definitely been the quietest on this trip.  However, I heard animal sounds at times that I've never heard before.  They sounded like something right out of Jurassic Park.

Shortly after starting my ride this morning, I stopped my bike to check in something in my bags.  While I was standing there, I heard rushing water.  I thought, that's a pleasant sound, must be a creek close by.  When I turned the corner, the pic below is what I saw.


I had to take my bags off the bike and take them across the water so they wouldn't get wet.  While I was standing there, a guy in about a mid 1980s GMC 4 wheel drive SUV came up and asked if I was okay.  He was drinking what I think was coffee out of a mason jar and had a rifle beside his seat. We talked a little about my route and he said the next road I'm going to be on is worse than this one.  He then proceeded across the creek.  I walked back across the street and got the bike and pushed it thru the creek and continued on. 

On the next road, I came across the mud pit pictured below.  I had to walk through it also, but the bike stayed dry just to the right of the pit.


I finally made it to Tignall, GA, a town of about 500.  I went to the town's convenience store and got an egg biscuit.  I talked to a local while eating and he said Tignall used to be a bustling town and was even called "Little Atlanta" at one time.



Pic Below of Clarks Hill Lake near Leah, GA.  This pic I think has been my first this trip with the sun shining.

The rest of my ride today was pretty much rural, and very pleasant, until I got to the Augusta metro area.  I spent a lot of tense time in traffic in and around Augusta, but finally made it across the Savannah River into South Carolina. 

In SC, I went through Beech Island and then made it to Jackson, where I found a place to camp in some woods.

Total miles today:  94.5


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