bikes are fun.

Bike + Charleston + Sunny Day = FABULOUS.

So today Mike and I went and rode bikes around downtown and on Sullivan's Island for a good 4 hours or so. It was amazing. We rode by the water on the battery, down at waterfront park, around the college of charleston, down King Street, to Washington Park, some awesome back roads, out around Fort Moultrie, etc. etc. etc. We even stopped in an art gallery and talked to this awesome painter guy who was just opening up his new gallery and was lovin' life (he was a phenomenal painter, as well as a really down to earth, fun guy and I will definitely be returning to his gallery soon). Apparently they're having some big art festival thing, too - and so there were 40 some-odd people around the city on the streets w/ their canvas and paint, painting different Charleston landscapes, buildings, etc. that will be judged at a big show tomorrow night that is free to the public that I want to go to soooo bad. We stopped and talked to a girl who was painting a view from Church street, and she even let Mike add to her masterpiece by painting some of a tree. Needless to say, it was a great time, and I really really want a bike now. :-)

It was nice to be able to just chill and discover new parts of Charleston...and I've come to the consensus that this place is straight up awesome (and so are really really long bike rides).