Main Street (East Side), Whitmire, South Carolina

I'm going to miss this little town and my new hunter friends in Sumter National Forest when I head to the Lowcountry and Florida soon.

Fried Bologna Biscuit, Whitmire Foodmart, Whitmire, South Carolina

Southern biscuit with thick-cut, fried bologna – as big around as a man's palm – only $1 at Whitmire Foodmart. Just what the doctor ordered (me not to eat).

Mosquito Meter, Congaree National Park, Hopkins, South Carolina

I *thought* my OFF! Deep Woods clearly signaled "No!", but the lady skeeters took it as playing coy and persisted in their attentions.

Child Militia, Historic Brattonsville, McConnells, South Carolina

Visiting school children drill as 18th century farmer-militiamen at Historic Brattonsville under the tutelage of a costumed interpreter.