Smith Island

Our first stop on Smith Island was "Ruke's", the local hangout. The hardest drink was root beer (the island is dry).



That guy in the back was talking in an accent that none of us could understand, so we're all sitting there quietly trying to decifer the marble-mouthed dialect. We did pick up that he liked some "pills". The locals told us that Smith Island has a population of 240, with no government or police force. That night was graduation night at the local school for kindergarten and 7th grade.