Family Vacation Week = No Rides

This week we took a trip to visit family in South Carolina. It was a nice trip, and my offspring was surprisingly well-behaved. So much so that I actually stopped at South of the Border to let them have an ice cream. Now, if you are not familiar with this place, check it out. It is doubtful that you can be on I-95 between Georgia and Virginia without seeing billboards for this place. It's the bane of every traveling parent's existence, but I digress...

The only real bad part of the trip was the weather. I have come to be spoiled by the relative lack of humidity in Virginia compared to that of south Georgia, where I started cycling. Nonetheless, I knew that the 100+ degree weather combined with humidity would make cycling while there on vacation a little too miserable. Therefore I left the bike at home. I actually feel a little guilty about that. If nothing else, it did give me time to completely get over my sinus infection, so I will be ready to start next week in the saddle!!

Okay, to be brutally honest, there was one more bad thing about the trip, but it was completely my fault. I broke Rule #1 of Traveling for men. I didn't take my own toiletries.  I don't know why my family doesn't use soap. I mean, normal, everyday soap. Instead, they have all the fancy shower gels. So I had my choices of Chamomile-Vanilla, Green Apple, and Mixed Berry. If it wasn't for the first one, I'd think I was cleaning myself with Crystal Light. The Chamomile option now makes it sound like tea. If it was a hot shower, I could have just let myself steep. Moral of the story (once again): Men folk need to make sure and take your own soap on vacation.

Now, as per usual, I will take Sunday off from cycling, but I will be back in business soon. Stay tuned for more details of the many adventures in cycling.