Hit The Trails in Hilton Head

We were thrilled to find out we were relocating to South Carolina----summer here will be our "tough" months--tough being, hot and humid.  I looked up the average temperatures here:

Table view of average temperatures by month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Min	39.3	41.6	48.4	54.8	63.4	70.3	74.1	73.2	68.8	57.4	48.7	41.7	56.8
Average	48.9	51.8	58.6	65.3	73.2	79.2	82.6	81.2	76.8	67.0	58.8	51.3	66.2
Max	58.4	61.9	68.7	75.7	82.9	88.0	91.1	89.2	84.8	76.6	68.9	60.9	75.6

 Our average ANNUAL temperature is 66.2 degrees!!  The normal high is rarely above 90 degrees during the summer; but I'm getting that this summer was an exceptionally hot summer!  And it was--it has been in the mid to upper 90s since the day we arrived.  It's finally cooling down to low 90s upper 80s during the day--and we do have wonderful breezes off the coast all the time!  You will NEVER see me complain about the heat--in fact, I did not complain about the cold in Wisconsin winters--although I was not a big fan of the snow cleanup; what I did complain about was how gray and colorless it would become for months on end!  Just for kicks, I looked up the average temperature of the coldest month here--January--take a guess!!!  48.9 degrees, the lowest being 39.3.!!!!  I can handle that!!!  Now, just for further kicks--I looked up the average temperatures from where I've spent the last 41 years.  The average annual is 48.2 degrees.  January average: 19.5 degrees; minimum temp in January 11.4 degrees---I have to disagree--I can't tell  you how often I've seen it well below zero--not including windshield! 

So, my point here is (yes, there is a point)---I won't miss winter!  Not even one bit!  AND---we can bike ride almost year round if we care to.  However, what I will miss will be the beautiful rail trails of Wisconsin--the very first rail to trail was developed in Elroy-Spart, WI.  Guess how many rail trails we have in South Carolina---ZERO!   There are almost NO off road bike paths here.  That is very disheartening, considering our hobby!  But I did realize Hilton Head has 50 miles of multi use paved trails.  So we tried it out last night (since it's the off season and a lot less crowded); and although it's not the same as the peacefulness of a rail trail, it works, and is better than none.  We road our bike to a restaurant (pictured above, with another photo showing our bike train next to the tiki lights:)  But, we got a late start heading down yesterday, and darkness was coming quickly---so we thought it best to go find our jeep (forgot to charge our headlamp).  J was VERY worried about the ride--however, the Divine quickly took care of his concerns, for we turned onto a bridge when I heard a LOUD CRACK---like a firecracker.  J asked what that was, I wasn't sure, but I said to stop incase it was a tire--and sure enough it was:)  Problem solved:D

So this next photo is just a pretty photo of a church as I enjoyed a long solitary walk back to collect the jeep--so peaceful:)