Where In S.C.?

Here's a good one! A famous one.
It's only about an acre of area, but it's well known.
It's the kind of place Erskine Caldwell would've written about.... Had he written anything about Barnwell County.

Okay.

God's Acre Healing Springs

Blackville, SC

Interloper II

So I go outside to roll up the hoses and organize them a bit because I left them in a state of disarray after cutting grass.
I grabbed my hose and there he was, about a foot away. He said he was sssssent by the caterpillar who wassss sssssstill pisssssed.

Automobile Airbag Testing

I guess the Crash Test Dummies were on strike.

Contributions To Modern Society

I recently purchased two of the greatest inventions ever, from Wal~Mart of all places!

One was a packet called Crystal View Headlight Restorer.

One of the headlights on the Squidmobile had fogged over. We didn't really think much of it, then yesterday a man walked up and started talking cars with me. He had a '97 Squidmobile and loves it. He asked if we had been in an accident with ours because he noticed only one headlight was fogged up.

He figured we had had one of the headlights replaced during body work.

He told me all about Crystal View Headlight Restorer and how easy it was to fix up those dingy, foggy headlights. I think he was channeling the spirit of Billy Mays. I thought I better get the restorer since other people are noticing, we may be the laughing stock of the open road.

My brother-by-law used the stuff on his headlights a year or so ago and the results were quite impressive, so I went to Wal~Mart this morning to get me some. Here are the before and after pix...

The second thing I bought was a Klondike bar. Caramel Pretzel. If I could, I'd try to live off these things. I've heard crack is addictive. As soon as I'm done typing this up, I'm heading to the grocery store to get more Klondike bars. A case to bring home and a case to eat on the way. I listen to Howard Stern every morning and when he's not advertising porno web sites or Carson's Ribs, he's pushing Klondike bars. The slogan is, "What would you do for a Klondike bar?" After this morning, I think I'd take a tire iron and beat a kid down to take his Klondike bar. That is as long as he hasn't taken a bite of it yet. I'm funny about eating after people.

Where In S.C.?

Okay. It's Landsford Canal State Park and it's a shame it's not better known.

It's such an interesting place.

http://www.stateparks.com/landsford_canal.html

Interloper

I caught this guy in my cherry tomatoes today. I was gonna cast him to the ground and stomp his guts out but I thought better. I took him to the woods and set him free. Maybe he'll be back... Then there'll be trouble! (I'll take him twice as far away.)

I wonder if he's kin to Heimlich from A Bug's Life.

Where In S.C.?

In this town, the runway sees more traffic than Main Street.

Tommy

My best friend died Friday.
Tommy Massey. Some of you may know him as the guy whom I created the shotgun "silencer" with. He's also the guy who ran into the rainy, dark night buck-ass naked to beat the hell out of the gang who was stealing his car only to snatch open the door and find the car had been left in gear and was motoring off all alone.
Tommy was paralyzed in an auto accident about a decade ago. He hadn't had much of a life in the past few years.
I must admit, I'm happy that he was able to get it all behind him and move on to the other side.
I hope to see my friend again some day.
Tomorrow I get to be a pall bearer at his funeral.
I went to the mall today and bought a new sports coat, a pair of pants and a shirt for the occasion.
I was raised to have no self confidence. I was told by the saleslady and my wife that I look sharp in my new clothes. In my mind I know for a fact I look exactly like Speck Rhodes, only 400 pounds heavier.
I don't think Tommy will mind. I hope I don't lose my grip.
I have a million Tommy and me stories. Maybe I'll tell more sometime.

Where In S.C.?

Okay. I guess this one was too tough.
It's on Edisto Island on the Botany Bay Plantation.
According to what I read, Botany Bay Plantation has only been open to the public for a couple years.
This particular building was an icehouse.
Pretty interesting.

The white wooden structure once served as the Bleak Hall icehouse where this
locally rare commodity was shipped from the north and packed in sawdust to
stay frozen in the tabby-walled foundation. The Ice House is an outstanding
example of Gothic Revival Architecture and is listed on the National Register
of Historic Places. The steep cypress shingled roof gables are trimmed with
half-circle gingerbread with a gable dormer with fake Gothic doors. Real
doors and windows appear on the gable ends. The holes in the flushboard
surface were probably bored for ventilation. The building is pegged together,
and the walls are filled with sawdust insulation.

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This tomb is in the center of this town... What a happy place.

Where In S.C.?

I love this one.
I think the truck used to have a rooster tail in the back.

Where In S.C.?

In this town, there's this new building. It must be a million feet tall and it's visible for miles and miles.