South Carolina

I will use the same line as my North Carolina writing: “I spent much time in the Carolinas from the years 2008-2010 because I dated a sweet Southern girl from Cheraw, South Carolina.”

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Cheraw is located on the Great Pee Dee River near the border of North Carolina. Together, we did much exploring of the state including places like Myrtle Beach and Charleston.

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I remember visiting her friend’s oceanfront house in Myrtle Beach. I was laying on the couch wearing a red and black plaid shirt, and sported a red beard. When one of her friends arrived home and walked in the door, he jumped back and exclaimed, “WHOA, are you from Appalachia?”

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That same man took me for a late-night boat ride through some of the bayous of the area and eventually out into the Atlantic Ocean. I will never forget it. The night was dark but the moon and the stars glittered on the ocean waters, and so did the lights of the city.

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My favorite memory of South Carolina is sitting at a table playing cards outside of an ice cream shop in Cheraw, watching the sky turn orange, yellow, and red, and continuing our game as the lights flickered on around us.  

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If I were to have any regrets in my life…it would be letting her go…