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Day 6 - Zack Moulton, sponsored by Aiken Electric, waits his turn to board the plane for the final trip home

Day 6 - Our fearless leader, Page Chestnut, a chaperone from Pee Dee Electric, is all smiles because we are going home! Just a few more steps to the plane and I'm outta here!

Day 6 - Brittany Edge from Laurens Electric taking just ONE more photo!

Day 6 - Lane Wallace, sponsored by Marlboro Electric, signs the gift book given to students and chaperones on the final night.

Day 6 - Tiffani Gaskin (Black River), Carrie Lake (Newberry) and Delonta Jones (Aiken) at the Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, waiting to go home. They had to be downstairs with their suitcases at 7:00 a.m., so they look surprisingly alert considering the early hour!

Day 6 - TammyJo Bullock -- our Youth Tour mascot! TammyJo, or TJ, is the smallest student on the Youth Tour and as you can see, just as cute as pie. We all couldn't help but love her with that bright smile and twinkling eyes. Marlboro Electric sponsored TJ, a student at Marlboro County High School. In this photo, Sally Ringer signs her Youth Tour t-shirt.

Day 5 - Kathryn Hutton, sponsored by Santee Electric, at the South Carolina farewell party

Day 5 - TammyJo Bullock ("TJ") signs a Washington gift book given to all students on the final night. Signing each other's gift book, much like students sign yearbooks, is a fun SC Youth Tour tradition.

Day 5 - Justin Davis (Lynches River) and Jennifer Hatchell (Pee Dee) participate in a South Carolina Youth Tour tradition -- signing each other's gift book.

Day 5 - Angela Hendrix (Lynches River) and Justin Rowland (Blue Ridge) enjoyed the dance with 1,400 other students from across the country before coming to SC's farewell party.

Day 5 - Carrie Lake (Newberry), Heather Richardson (Statewide), Cody Lever (Newberry), Brandy Gaskins (Berkeley) and Kasey Stewart (York) waiting for pizza at the farewell party.

Day 5 - Yep, she's talking again! Youth Tour coordinator Vicki Ringer gives a farewell speech to students at the pizza party on the final night.

Day 5 - At the FDR Memorial on Wednesday afternoon, from left to right, Osha Ravenell (Berkeley), Sam Hammond (Broad River), Ariel Ravenell (Berkeley), Delonta Jones (Aiken), Jasmine Mills (Fairfield), Vicky Jamison (Coastal), Kandis Buie (Horry), Robyn Risher (Tri-County), and DeWitt Ford (Broad River). The electric cooperative that sponsored the student is listed in parentheses after each student's name.

Christine Allen, sponsored by Statewide, and Jessica Creel, sponsored by Berkeley, in their matching t-shirts at the FDR Memorial on Wednesday afternoon. SC Youth Tour students always visit the FDR Memorial as a tribute to the man who started the electric cooperative movement.

Day 5 Vicky Jamison

Day 5 - Jasmine Mills, sponsored by Fairfield Electric and a rising senior at Fairfield Central High, and Derek Mills, sponsored by Black River and a student at Manning High, at the FDR Memorial. We know here that Derek is saying "totally dudes," his favorite saying all week!

Day 5 - Jessica Creel of Berkeley Electric gives ol' Frank a hug! Students visited the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial on Wednesday afternoon.

Day 5 - Jasmine Mills (Fairfield) with FDR

Day 5 - Brittany Edge, sponsored by Laurens, at the FDR memorial

Day 5 - Vicki, Charlie and Sally Ringer at the Iwo Jima Memorial

Day 5 - Chaperone and chief photographer Van O'Cain gets his own picture made at the Iwo Jima Memorial

Day 5 - Derek Lee, Madeline Tucker, Christine Allen and Tiffani Gaskin at the Iwo Jima Memorial