Ditto about the flat terrain--constant pedaling, not much opportunity to coast & rest. I've ridden a good bit of the SC coastal counties and oceanfront find this and the wind to be a factor.

I've been wondering how it would be to cycle through the little town of Ridgeland (a bit inland from HHI) and out towards the Heritage Preserve land at Tillman and maybe down and across the Savannah River.

The sand ridge habitat in Jasper County's more inland area such as Tillman is home to SC's gopher tortoise colony and to the Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes that co-habitate in the tortoise burrows. These species' range is very, very restricted and threatened in SC.

There is also the Webb Wildlife Center inland of this. I believe the roads in this part of the county are decent and lightly traveled two lanes.

Ideal would be a hybrid bike with a GPS--there are many very well-maintained dirt roads in the area. Lots of cutovers, pine plantations and tangles of dense, impenetrable forest interspersed with swamp.

Mmm. Just my kind of place. I may make it there before spring is over.

Mind the locals, though. They're definately not very friendly, even to folks like me (I hail from the other end of the state).