THE MAGAZINE FOR COOPERATIVE MEMBERS VOLUME 72 • NUMBER 7 (ISSN 0047-486X, USPS 316-240) Read in more than 584,000 homes and businesses and published monthly except in December by The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, Inc. 808 Knox Abbott Drive Cayce, SC 29033 Tel: (803) 926-3175 Fax: (803) 796-6064 Email: [email protected] EDITOR Keith Phillips Tel: (803) 739-3040 Email: [email protected] FIELD EDITOR Walter Allread PUBLICATION COORDINATOR Travis Ward ART DIRECTOR Sharri Harris Wolfgang DESIGNER Susan Collins PRODUCTION Andrew Chapman WEB EDITOR Chase Toler COPY EDITOR L. Kim Welborn CONTRIBUTORS Jayne Cannon, Mike Couick, Jim Dulley, Judith Fein, Derrill Holley, Jan A. Igoe, L.A. Jackson, Sydney Patterson, Janet Scouten, Mike Smith, Belinda Smith-Sullivan PUBLISHER Lou Green ADVERTISING Mary Watts Tel: (803) 739-5074 Email: [email protected] NATIONAL REPRESENTATION American MainStreet Publications Tel: (800) 626-1181 Paid advertisements are not endorsements by any electric cooperative or this publication. If you encounter a di culty with an advertisement, inform the Editor. ADDRESS CHANGES: Please send to your local co-op. Postmaster: Send Form 3579 to Address Change, c/o the address above. Periodicals postage paid at Columbia, S.C., and additional mailing o ces. ©COPYRIGHT 2018. The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, Inc. No portion of South Carolina Living may be reproduced without permission of the Editor. SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING is brought to you by your member-owned, taxpaying, not-for-pro t electric cooperative to inform you about your cooperative, wise energy use and the faces and places that identify the Palmetto State. Electric cooperatives are South Carolina’s—and America’s—largest utility network. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS: $5.72 members, $8 nonmembers Member of the AMP network reaching more than 9 million homes and businesses 16 22 4 6 10 12 14 21 30 32 34 36 38 2018 | july Driving the distance Electric cars are comfortable, well-built and road- worthy, but they have raced ahead of the national charging infrastructure. See what else we learned on a 2,200-mile road trip in a Chevy Bolt. Perfect picnics Enjoy Chef Belinda Smith-Sullivan’s recipes and tips to make outdoor dining the highlight of the summer. CO-OP NEWS Updates from your cooperative AGENDA Hurricane season runs through Nov. 30. Learn what to do before, during and after a storm with new resources from the S.C. Emergency Management Division. DIALOGUE Shepherding military families Moving can be stressful—just ask any military family. See what the Shaw Spouses’ Club is doing to help ease the transition and boost morale. ENERGY Q&A Mobile air conditioners Here’s everything you need to know about using portable air conditioners and heat pumps to keep cool this summer. SMART CHOICE Happy campers Explore the great outdoors and still enjoy the creature comforts of home with these useful camping gadgets. STORIES Mother hen Brittney Miller, the owner and operator of the nation’s oldest quail producer, carries on a proud family tradition at Manchester Farms. TRAVELS Play time at the Carolina Music Museum Follow the sounds of vintage harpsichords and pianos to the newest attraction on Greenville’s Heritage Green. GARDENER Joe Pye weed 101 Gardeners usually avoid planting weeds, but smart backyard growers make an exception for this native plant and its impressive ower fans. MARKETPLACE CALENDAR HUMOR ME Tooth fairy shuns antiques Humor columnist Jan Igoe discovers there’s no longer any pro t in losing a tooth—unless you’re a dentist. Brian and Amanda Bluestein enjoy a picnic lunch at West Columbia’s Riverwalk Park. Makeup by Cory King. Photo by Ruta Smith. 16 22 30 PHOTOS FROM TOP: CHASE TOLER; RUTA SMITH; PAUL ROSS SC FEATURE Charge! EV road trip challenge SC TRAVELS Classic keyboards Perfect picnics Recipes and tips to make outdoor dining the highlight of summer JULY 2018