The holiday day weekend has come to an end with thousands of bikers and tourists hitting the road for the trip back home.
The departure seemed to go smoothly Monday, with few serious accidents reported on the Grand Strand or in the Pee Dee.
The AAA Motor Club expected travel in the Carolinas this Memorial Day weekend to be up by about 5 percent over last year due to cheaper gas prices.
Heading into the holiday day weekend, there were some question marks about how tourism would fare with a bad economy and fewer bikers expected at the Memorial Day Bikefest.
Most locals agreed that Bikefest numbers seemed to be down, though that didn't seem to stop the bikers who were there from having fun.
"Going back, leaving now, had a wonderful time down here," said Billy Douglas from York, South Carolina
Many bikers say despite the city of Myrtle Beach's efforts to curtail Bikefest, they won't give up and plan to come back in bigger numbers next year.
Mike Suggs who lives in Brooklyn New York said this year won't be his last.
"We can't afford to just let this drift off into the sunset and I'm definitely coming back next year and the year after and the year after," he said.
Horry County closed its emergency operations center on Sunday, a day earlier than normal for Bikefest weekend. County officials say final accident numbers should be out within the next day or so.
At last report, there were ten motorcycle-related accidents since the start of the rally, and no fatalities.
