Myrtle Bch Trip

[Bronxboy]

Me and Robert rode up to his house in Myrtle last Friday. We left the House (Speedway) @ 8:30 am and headed out SR50 on a Beautiful morning.



We rode out on SR50 and picked up 19N to 17N right out of FL. We headed up on I95 as far as 301 in SC which took us over to 521 and found some detours which wound up being some awesome country backroads.

We took our time getting there, stopping every 125 miles for my thirsty Fat Lady    Roberts Wing only filled up when I was on my second tank  

Our average speed on the big roads was 85mph, any slower and the cages and trucks would run us down. We arrived at the house around 8pm just as it was getting dark.



Got the bikes all cleaned up in the morning. Looks like Darth Vader & Storm Troopers



Got into relax mode with a great cigar and a Single Malt on the huge deck. Real nice place in Ocean Lakes, walk to the Ocean, and they have so many amenities right on property.



After checking the weather and getting updates from Gil, we decided to head out early and miss the weather that was going to roll in Monday morning. So we left after lunch on Sunday and headed out some back roads to I95.

Gil had gotten back to us warning us of some storms rolling in South of us and right in our path, and no sooner did he text us with this info, sure as heck we were in the soup.   It was a drizzle at first then a steady rain....then a Moonsoon

We rode that out as far as we could, cars were pulling off I95 to the shoulder trucks were coming by us at high speed giving us more to deal with, so we got off the very next exit.

If U are ever on I95 don't ever get off the Yemassee exit in SC. At this point we could not see anything in front of us let alone signs for shelter and or gas. We get off this god forsakin exit and when we get to the first road expecting to see the normal gas station, Dennys etc all we see is a sign that says Yemassee 8 miles.

Well that don't sound so bad when it's nice out and a simple twist on the throttle and the Fat Lady would make that trip in 3 min time. The road was a very narrow country road with shizit for drainage, so we were plowing water for 8 miles to get to bum F&@% Nowhere.

We finally roll into town and I use the term town loosely, it was a one Blinking light town with a EL Cheapo Gas Sta  with the smallest canopy u ever seen over a 2 pump island  

Me and Robert took one side of the pump and tried to keep water from getting into the tank as we filled, passing the hose to each other as the other blocked the rain. Now we get done fueling the bikes in time for the thunder & lighting show in the town of horrors with nothing there but this gas station and small convenience store with No Conveniences   No Cawfee Not even Hot Water.

Our only saving grace was an abandoned warehouse down the road with a ramp that we were able to get shelter. Good thing we packed some sandwiches and had a cooler of drinks. We hung there for about an hour and a half until it let up enough to ride in.



The town had No Cell Phone service for AT&T but Robert had service on his phone, allowing us to stay informed with our weather man slash re routing guru Gil    He was nice enough to get us hotel info at different exits we would be passing along with addresses and info. And of course in typical Gilster fashion he let us know that we could get a discount as a Married couple and share one bed cheaply because SC recognizes same sex marriage  


Anyway we finally ran out of rain in Brunswick GA, yeah right were Gil said we would, so we stopped at a Dennys and relaxed for a bit and hit the road, the dry road and hammered down to New Port Richey at warp speed, got home safe @ 2am

It's all about the experience and the friendship. Good to know that there is a Great group of people on our forum that truly are concerned about U , and I feel the same about them  

[_Sheffjs_]

      Glad you had a good trip and good time saving some weather spots?   Is that 17n and pick up I95 in J-ville or stay on 17 over the line? 

[Bronxboy]

17N to 95 in Jacksonville 

[Bronxboy]

I did forget one very important thing, our Sena 20 S units worked flawlessly in all that down pour. Never had any static or break in communication. We tried to see how far apart we could talk clearly and we had no problems at almost 2 miles apart with antenna up in the monsoon.

We were told 1.5 mile range so close enough. Another cool feature that I didn't know about, if u are listening to music and u just start talking it will shut music down and connect with the last intercom u were speaking with, stop talking for a bit and music kicks in again.

Both me and Robert think they are awesome, and I hope more members will get them, they have the capability of communicating with up to 9 headsets including group talk as well. They said that they were water resistant, but i'm thinking more like waterproof  

[Pappy!]

That sounded like a ride from Hell on the way back! Like the cigar and the drink break a bunch though!
Both Lesa and I are running the Sena 20S and have been for almost two years now. Never a failure to date and, like you, the units have been in pouring rain quite a few times. I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone at this point.

[Bronxboy]

That sounded like a ride from Hell on the way back! Like the cigar and the drink break a bunch though!
Both Lesa and I are running the Sena 20S and have been for almost two years now. Never a failure to date and, like you, the units have been in pouring rain quite a few times. I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone at this point.

I know u guy's got them, looking forward to using them again for Inzane. It does a lot more than I know, I will pick your brain about them.

[sixlow]

Thanks for the mental visual Nick, good story.

[Pappy!]

Almost time to start the trip planning for Inzane.

[flsix]

Sounded like you mixed a ride with a diving trip through a rain storm. Hope you had your divers down flags flying on the back of the bikes.

[Bronxboy]

Almost time to start the trip planning for Inzane.

10-4 is Lesa going with us? How is she feeling?

[Pappy!]

She feels super however she won't make the ride. She is starting her job as of tomorrow and flying all over the place. We may see her there but not on the bike.

[Bronxboy]

She feels super however she won't make the ride. She is starting her job as of tomorrow and flying all over the place. We may see her there but not on the bike.

Glad to hear she is feeling better