JUST AN IDEA PLACE FOR THE SPRING RETREAT WOULD BE  OAK  ISLAND  N.C.   YOU CAN RIDE ALONG THE BEACH AND CAN RIDE TO SOUTHPORT AND TAKE THE FERRY TO FORT FISHER AND TO WILMINGTON AND BACK FOR A  62 MILE RIDE. RIDE FROM OAK ISLAND TO  CASWELL BEACH AND BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH END FOR A 32 MILE RIDE AND NICE PLACES FOR SHORTER RIDES ALONG THE BEACH. THERE ARE  ALOT OF PLACES TO GO AND SEE. THE FERRY RIDE IS ABOUT 30 MINUTES RIDE TO FORT FISHER. THERE ARE ALSO A BIKE PATH ALONG THE CAPE FEAR RIVER TO WILMINGTON FROM FORT FISHER. ALSO ONE DAY COULD RIDE TO ORTON PLANATION WHICH IS ALONG THE RIVER. ANYWAY THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE AND I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD THAT ALOT OF RIDERS WANTED A SPRING RIDE ALONG THE BEACH. I  REMEMBER  IN  2003  WE RODE TO  OAK ISLAND.......IT IS TIME TO GO BACK.....NICE PLACE.