Day 6 - April 8, 2011 (Friday) - Zirconia, NC to Greenville, SC - 31 miles

     Well, no big trip this day. I left Zirconia in the early after noon and headed out of NC down into SC. This was really just positioning so that I could be close to the BMW track for the course without having to make the trip in Saturday morning. Also, I met Ed Frank Patek of the BMW Car Club of America, and fellow ombudsman Dwayne Mosley for dinner. On the way down, I made a couple of photos to give readers a little flavor of South Carolina:

    I was going to stop in "Dixie Republic" to look around a bit, but the parking lot was treacherous for parking a motorcycle. You'll surely see that Charlie's was not open anyway, but I'm sure they will be in a month or two. I did see many other fireworks sales locations throughout SC, and some were pretty dramatic in size. Must be a thriving business.

    On to Greenville where I stayed again at the Drury Inn, part of a chain which has s series of inns across the South, I think. If you're traveling through the South, these Drury Inns are pretty darn nice, and everyone treated me very well.

    I went to bed, but seemed to toss and turn all night in a stew of anticipation and anxiety about the day ahead at the training course at the BMW track.