Arriving in Myrtle Beach and Travelling to Charleston

I arrived in Myrtle Beach on Saturday evening after a short week of last minute preparations after graduation from Willamette. Although orientation didn't start until today, I wanted to visit an old friend and get acclimated to the east coast timezone. I believe I am the only one from my group who is used to PST. Plus it was nice to just relax for a day playing games, walking on the beach, taking my time reconstructing my bike (which did arrive unharmed despite a hole in the box!), and playing minigolf with a friend I haven't seen in 6 yrs. (She beat me twice in putt putt and even managed to sink a hole-in-one using the opposite side of her putter!) This morning, Amanda was nice enough to drive me to Trinity United Methodist Church, the check-in point for B&B and my temporary home until Thursday. I was one of the last ones to arrive. After claiming my "bed" (Thermarest) and jersey for the trip, we played a name game and icebreakers. I was "leaping Lizzy". Then more downtime before a local bike lawyer came by to give us some bike safety tips. We ended the day with dinner from a local BBQ place. If all the host food is just as good, I might gain weight this summer despite cycling 65+ miles a day! Finally, the Charleston Habitat group presented about their organization. They told us that we will be working on roof shingles on Wed. Tomorrow is more orientation and a short ride around Charleston.    

P.S. I will hopefully figure out how to post pictures from my phone onto the blog. Please be patient as I work through the kinks and learn how to blog from a phone.