You might be interested in this article in today's Post, Rich, even though i's datelined Myrtle Beach:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-south-carolina-bikers-speed-past-history/2012/06/18/gJQAaxOimV_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines On 6/18/12, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > The road heads south, almost dead straight, for 16mi from the "main" > road. Once you cross a railroad track along the main road, you are in > the woods, with a tree canopy over the road for maybe 10mi or so. A few > houses along the road, coupla small black churches (saw the preacher > arrive at one, on the way back only 2 cars there) but every mile or two > will be a large brick pillared gate of some sort with a discrete sign, > this plantation, that plantation, etc. and a road leading back down into > the woods. One of them had a large gate house, maybe 2000ft2, then the > road goes on back. Some have no signs but the pillars and gates. > Along about mile 10 is a large bridge over a tributary of the Ashepoo > river, and along in there are what appeared to be old rice fields, some > had water in them (state law prohibits messing with the flood gates that > let water in and out so as to provide habitat for the waterfowl, etc.). > On past there a few miles the houses start to appear, toward the end of > the road which ended at the river. Some sorta ratty houses on pilings, > a coupla shrimpers at a boat dock, a little store for the marina, and > that was about it. > > We saw maybe 10 cars in our 16mi out/16mi back, mostly white folks. > These properties are owned by wealthy people, mostly kept in > conservation, some go back 300yr or more if they survived the Late > Unpleasantness. Aside from the road being fairly nice, I am guessing > there is not a lot of difference in what is there now v. what was there > a coupla hundred years ago when Carolina Gold rice and Sea Islands > cotton ruled the planet. > > Bennett's Point Rd runs south from here 32.736462,-80.574961 > > > --R > > On 6/18/12 8:09 PM, Mountain Man wrote: >> --R wrote: >>> I had a few words with the old gent, me speaking my >>> version of English, and him in his version, he was nicely warning us >>> about >>> the bad people around there. Within a minute or so we had a fairly >>> complete >>> understanding of the local social situation. He went on down by the road >>> to >>> wait for his ride to church, we did 34miles out to the end of the road, >>> through old plantations, rice fields, marsh, and the Ashepoo River. It >>> is a >>> whole nuther world. >> Be polite, now... but I am interested in greater detail about the >> impression of old plantations, etc. and how the local social situation >> on your ride impressed you. I live in an insular place also. While >> our town has the largest number of south of the border folk of any >> city in the state - all great people, btw - we don't see these >> individuals much. Just help a midwestern looser out... puleeez - >> thanks. >> mao >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
