I have a book at home that I will look for. It chronicles a winter trip up the east coast and there were a good couple chapters on Georgia and South Carolina. I'll post when I have the author/title and mention the places he found worthwhile. Keep in mind his goal was to understand what happens in beach towns in the off season, more to meet the people than view historical sites.

Ditto on all the hitchhiking warnings. It wasn't safe 32 years ago when I went crosscountry. I look at hitchhikers today, and I see lunatics.