Smith: Have you heard of Gardi?

This unincorporated community, seven miles south of Jesup on U. S. 341, has a population of 85.

That is what Wikipedia says about this settlement I have been passing through for decades.

I have no idea how many times I have driven through Gardi in the past, but I am sure I have never stopped here before. None of the residents spoke to me, none wondered what I was doing, and if I was up to something.…