APB: Almost Perfect/Perils Bulletin

This morning's TV reported: (1) a high surf advisory; (2) a heavy rain advisory; (3) a flash flood warning; and (4) a tornado watch, for all or some of the counties through which we were to ride 46 miles from Beaufort, SC to Savannah, GA.  However, the danger of forest fires was low, so we decided to ride.  In fact, we had liquid precipitation most of the morning.  Sometimes it rained cats, and sometimes dogs, but never both at once.  The Georgia stateline sign was on a two lane bridge with heavy traffic and no shoulder, so I had to skip a stateline photo for the first time on this tour.  But soon after we had a photogenic suspension bridge high over the river with a view of Savannah.  We washed our bikes and ourselves, then - during a break in the rain - Mike, Charlie and I walked to lunch at a sidewalk cafe under an awning.  The mileage was not high today, but the weather and traffic adventures were plentiful; nobody asked to pedal additional miles.  Tomorrow is a rest day to explore Savannah before we resume riding.  There are just four more riding days to go until Daytona Beach.