You are a very handsome man and my Monkey form

I'm currently in a brief layover in Charleston, SC with my parents and oldest daughter, Lindsey.  She is spending the summer with her boyfriend, they are traveling up the East coast in their boat.

Charleston is a very cool city.  I seem to keep repeating "______ is a cool city"; I must have done a good job picking out my stops!

I took all beachfront roads on the way down from Wilmington, which meant I was burning up the entire way.  The SouthEast is very hot and I need to make some changes in my gear to try and stay cooler.  I've been going through 2 full Camel back loads per day and that is a lot of sweating and water loss!

My route took me on a 1/2 hour ferry ride.  The ferry was was ok, but the highlight was when a lady told me that I was a "very handsome man".  I think she may have had some odd fetish because I was sweaty, stinky, and in a general state of road worn.  Be that as it may, I'm taking the compliment.

Here I am waiting in line with all of the cagers to get on the ferry:

And "I'm on a boat..." (the bikes behind mine were trailered down from Maryland - wimps):

And the obligatory state change sign:

I didn't realize it, but I walked into a trap when taking my state change picture.  If the reader remembers my last entry, there was mention of bears at the Virginia/North Carolina state change.  Well the bears tried their best to get me at the NC/SC state change.  It's a good thing my advanced Ninja training skills kicked in.  Everybody knows to use the Monkey form when fighting bears.

Upon arrival in Charleston, I met up with my parents and Lindsey and we headed down to their boat.  It is an absolutely beautiful boat and a wonderful place to call home for a couple of days.  No roaches either!

And possibly the ugliest figure head any boat has seen:

Today was all about errands which included lighter weight riding gloves, getting more/better Dri-fit type shirts, and lighter weight socks.

One last thing - Charleston is where BMW imports their cars into the US and the port is right next to the marina we are staying at.  Here are hundreds, and hundreds, and hundreds of X5 and X6 cars being brought into the US:

Tomorrow is a tour of the harbor, which includes Fort Sumter, and the city.