TDW 1764 - Last Covered Bridge In South Carolina

0:05 well now that is a sight to be wait

0:05 that's not the site the sight's down the

0:06 road a bit to the left welcome everyone

0:08 Adam the woo here and it's too bad too

0:11 because that would have been a sight for

0:13 sore eyes sight unseen it would have

0:17 been

0:24 exciting it's my second channel daily

0:24 Vlog

0:30 channel it's the daily room I know I'm

0:30 in the South when I see these beds of

0:36 ants oh yeah look at

0:47 that red ants too those suckers bite I

0:47 pulled over because I noticed behind

0:49 this fence are some very interesting

0:53 items amongst the log carvings are some

0:55 xwing

0:57 Fighters and a huge

1:01 atat and

1:03 atat what are you doing out here why on

1:05 Earth would this be just on the

1:07 outskirts of Columbia South Carolina H

1:12 now that's an

1:13 interesting question it was created by a

1:16 man by the name of John Sharp who owns

1:19 sharp creations and he has placed some

1:22 of his decorative

1:25 handiwork right here in this yard the

1:28 most fascinating piece for me

1:31 definitely is that oh man how'd I miss

1:34 this there's a TIE fighter back there as

1:38 well that is

1:40 awesome and let's not forget the wooden

1:43 carvings check out this Eagle it's like

1:46 it's handcarved in the side of that tree

1:48 from what I read online he has decided

1:50 not to take it indoors he's always going

1:52 to leave it outside to become one with

1:55 nature the elements will take a foothold

1:57 and rust will start to rear its ugly

2:00 head it's going to be a terrifying rust

2:02 infested Adat do you call it an Adat or

2:05 an at at I'm showing my age let's come

2:08 to a truce right here right now make a

2:11 wish with

2:13 me come on just put your lips

2:17 together and

2:19 blow

2:21 no

2:22 man fail never trust them never trust

2:26 the EMP Orlando never trust the Empire

2:28 orl wait you know I just figured out

2:30 what that is this yard is holding a

2:32 gigantic oversized thermal

2:36 detonator waiting for the train to pass

2:39 got to be patient in these

2:41 situations this guy up here is making

2:43 himself comfortable has his door propped

2:45 open smoking a cigarette oh yeah now

2:49 that is an ice cream cone if ever there

2:54 was one it's bigger than the flag

2:56 currently on i26 Westbound even though

3:00 the technical Direction I'm heading is

3:02 Northwest I try to stick around 55 mph

3:05 when I'm driving especially on a highway

3:07 60 65 if I'm on an interstate that's why

3:10 you'll normally see people passing me at

3:12 a very quick rate of speed because

3:14 people drive considerably faster than

3:16 that I have just found since I'm in no

3:18 real particular hurry to be in any

3:20 particular place at a particular time I

3:22 get better gas mileage when I go 55 I

3:25 know Sami Hagar would not be proud of me

3:27 because he can't drive 55 but you know

3:30 what Sammy I can well it's official I'm

3:33 being

3:35 passed by a car 40 or more years older

3:41 than Large

3:43 Marge that just happened one thing about

3:46 tread on these bigger tires you can get

3:48 rocks lodged up in there it sounds like

3:51 you have a nail or a screw when in

3:52 reality it's just a little rock and

3:54 speaking of Sammy Hagar I actually

3:56 really like his songs I know he doesn't

3:59 get as much expect as David Lee Roth

4:01 when it comes to Van Halen but over the

4:03 top

4:04 soundtrack so good entering the town of

4:07 Newberry South

4:13 Carolina I like this

4:13 place very nice some old signage and

4:16 very interesting architecture up there

4:19 those are not real Windows that's wood

4:21 and the

4:22 bricks are formation that I've rarely

4:25 seen

4:26 before this guy's just hanging out

4:29 reading the pap paper kind of looks like

4:30 the dad from Happy Days hey Mr C up on

4:33 the top of what was the courthouse now

4:35 The Visitor

4:37 Center is I'm not really sure what that

4:39 is it looks like an eagle on top of an

4:42 olive branch maybe there is yeah there's

4:44 a dove at the end of the olive branch

4:46 and at the far root area on the far left

4:50 looks like maybe a chicken or a rooster

4:52 or

4:53 something has to be a significance of

4:55 that I'm sure it's almost like stepping

4:57 back in time something out of a old

4:59 movie

5:00 perhaps it's slightly grown over

5:04 but check it

5:06 out woo I'm thinking this Unique Fitness

5:10 Gym used to be a hotel at some point

5:12 judging by the awning and the look of

5:14 the front by the way you know how you

5:17 catch a unique rabbit unique up on it

5:20 that could be the 80th time I've told

5:22 that joke yeah 81st but who's counting

5:25 if there was a list for most popular

5:27 names for theaters do you think the Ritz

5:28 would be in the top 10

5:30 most likely and I really like this good

5:33 sense Furniture there's old Hest a up

5:37 there it's a neon too wow it's actually

5:40 an old neon that makes it even cooler as

5:43 well as this purcel auto loans and the

5:45 old signage man that's antique so good

5:50 starting to get into a little more

5:52 elevated terrain that I've seen the last

5:54 few days as well as some clouds might

5:58 get some rain here in the the near

6:00 future I like to pull over and stop at a

6:01 lot of different rest areas even if I

6:04 don't really need to if it's not a

6:05 necessity I just like to check them out

6:08 there's something interesting about them

6:10 I never know which way to go though cars

6:11 to the left all other vehicles to the

6:14 right I am in an RV but sometimes when

6:16 you get around the side it's all 18

6:18 wheelers and I feel so awkward parking

6:21 next to them just look at the size

6:25 differential it's so tiny over there now

6:28 I've seen this in many other states but

6:30 I guess it's par for the course here in

6:32 South Carolina also if a vending machine

6:35 commits a crime they put it behind

6:58 oh nice at this very moment I am located

6:58 right there

7:00 that's me if you look very closely you

7:02 can see me standing at this rest stop

7:05 and I also never really paid attention

7:07 to the shape of South Carolina before it

7:11 doesn't really look like anything it's

7:12 just a mish mash Blobby

7:15 looking thing standing here looking at

7:17 Large Marge which I named my RV that

7:19 after the character in peewee's big

7:21 adventure when I see it from a distance

7:24 really makes me happy I'm very grateful

7:25 and thankful to be able to have that

7:27 piece of Machinery the cruises across

7:30 the

7:30 countryside serve me well in the short

7:33 time that I've had it looks like I

7:35 picked up a hitchhiker though yep got

7:39 another one along for the

7:41 ride strap on buddy it's going to get

7:44 bumpy I like how green and vibrant this

7:46 area is the term God's country comes to

7:48 mind not the phrase that's used in the

7:50 Pledge of Allegiance but applying to a

7:53 section of the US which makes me wonder

7:56 could it mean any place that looks

7:57 beautiful or does it have to be a

7:59 specific location hm that's a toughy I

8:03 see you over there cow on a stick just a

8:08 cow on a stick I don't think the Mad

8:10 House Cafe is open anymore but I like

8:13 this retro looking sign stating games

8:16 with the rocket or is that a number two

8:19 pencil and right across the street is

8:21 the Brier patch convenience store I've

8:23 never seen I've never seen a gas station

8:26 called that reminds me of Splash

8:27 Mountain and rare Fox and BR rabbit

8:31 competition for the now closed gas

8:34 station as well and adjacent to that are

8:38 these signs stating all the mileage

8:41 distances to locations all across the

8:45 world wow there's tons of them on there

8:49 little Chicago South Carolina this is

8:52 what happened in

8:54 1856 absolutely nothing I know in some

8:58 sections of the country this is a legal

9:00 but it always makes me happy to see

9:02 people cruising along in the back of a

9:05 pickup truck just enjoying the day if

9:07 you walk down this embankment that is

9:09 closed to Motor Vehicles is Campbell's

9:13 Covered

9:14 Bridge right behind that wishing

9:16 well and supposedly this is the last

9:19 covered bridge still in existence in the

9:22 state although I'm not seeing anything

9:24 stating that on this information board

9:27 but in 1979 was used in a movie by the

9:31 name of day of judgment the road was

9:34 closed off to cars in

9:36 1984 and the gentleman who built it used

9:40 to own a mill just Downstream the mill

9:44 is now gone but thankfully The Covered

9:48 Bridge still exists it's very peaceful

9:50 down here and I'm thinking the water

9:52 normally comes up to this area but lack

9:55 of rain has caused it to be a little

9:58 shallower than normal nonetheless the

10:02 slow moving stream is very

10:09 Majestic beautiful and I am definitely

10:12 in red clay

10:20 territory okay here we go the last

10:20 extant covered I don't know what extant

10:22 means but it's the last extent covered

10:24 bridge in South Carolina built by

10:26 Charles Irwin Willis who passed away in

10:29 1966 you have to wonder by looking at

10:32 the deteriorating wood how much longer

10:36 will it

10:37 exist especially with people writing

10:40 their names on the walls that doesn't

10:42 really add to the decomposer of it but

10:45 you know over time it could cause an

10:48 issue wow lot of people have left their

10:51 their Mark here one of my favorite

10:52 things to do in situations like this is

10:54 look through the

10:56 cracks you can see you can see the water

10:59 or down below as you walk over the

11:03 boards little holes in the

11:06 floorboards pretty

11:33 up at the parking

11:33 area this is just hanging out that's a

11:37 pretty stylish

11:38 mobile for sure I'd drive that straight

11:41 ahead some mountains on the horizon that

11:44 is a gorgeous sight indeed down this

11:47 road there's supposed to be another very

11:49 historic Bridge somewhere somewhere down

11:53 here located basically out in the middle

11:55 of the woods this 200y old brid well

11:59 almost 200 years it was built in 1820 if

12:02 you were in route from Greenville to

12:03 Asheville anywhere in that time frame

12:05 you would have crossed over poinet

12:08 Bridge named after Joel R poinet the

12:12 president of the public works at that

12:32 the structure itself is

12:32 impressive most impressive would this be

12:34 considered Gothic architecture whoa

12:38 there's a little dog down there there's

12:40 a little dog don't be alarmed I am not

12:43 the only one out here in fact there are

12:45 a handful of people and their pets

12:48 wandering around I need to cross this

12:51 but I don't want to slip on any any Moss

12:56 this green moss here don't be deceived

12:58 it is it's very slick and you could

13:01 easily Take a Tumble down into the

13:04 Ravine if you're not careful I've I've

13:06 done that in the past I'm speaking from

13:11 experience I made

13:13 Ito you never know what could exist off

13:16 the beaten path this structure pretty

13:18 much solidifies that to a te the closer

13:22 you get to the corridor for more of an

13:24 echo you can hear it's very faint but

13:28 the water rip Ling underneath it creates

13:31 a very interesting

13:33 sound through this

13:36 hollow experience

13:51 here Chili Peppers you know that song

13:51 glad I found this and stopped off here

13:54 quite the sight little history in South

13:57 Carolina very humid South Carolina about

13:59 way I'm sweating a lot of bugs too look

14:01 at that

14:03 bee where'd it go where' the heck did it

14:07 go with my luck it's inside my shirt

14:09 somewhere or hiding in my sweat pores

14:11 and with that I am now entering North

14:15 Carolina nice to see you

14:39 chips

14:39 Vlog over

TDW 1764 - Last Covered Bridge In South Carolina

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