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We caught quite a few floaties on our anchor chain &
bridle during the night |
Wednesday, 10/07/15
Prince Creek Anchorage
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| The beautiful morning sky in Prince Creek |
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| They followed the chain up |
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Carol raising the anchor while Mark cleaned the chain.
It was surprisingly mud free. Yeahhh. |
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| The views this morning were breathtaking! |
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| Carol & Mark drove while Jim stowed the bridle |
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| A picture perfect morning! |
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| A bald eagle keeping an eye on us! |
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| A small marina we passed on the Waccamaw River |
Georgetown, SC
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| Entering Georgetown harbor |
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| When docking, we usually use the aft station to control the boat |
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Fortunately a replacement shifter is
awaiting us in Charleston! |
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| The flooding is the big news. Notice the mail boxes |
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| Downtown Georgetown |
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Georgetown has a beautiful boardwalk
that was under water a couple of days ago! |
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| Lunch at the Big Tuna along the boardwalk |
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Mark's intro to Oyster Po' Boys.
He liked it! |
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| Part of the restaurant |
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| A paper mill across the water |
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| Inside the Big Tuna bar |
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| Argghhh! What's a guy to do??? |
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Jim made friends with their parrot & taught him to click
his tongue. A couple of bird brains. LOL |
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| Pretty bird! |
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| The entrance to the boardwalk |
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| This was the high water mark 2 days ago! |
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| Lots of shops were cleaning up & starting the remodeling process |
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| We thought this was a great gesture! |
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At Outlaw's gallery & museum, his widow told
us about her husband's paintings & carvings |
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| The maritime museum had lots of kewl stuff |
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| Then, of course, Sweeties! |
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Our city museum tour guide took us
upstairs in the bell tower for a special tour |
After we toured the maritime museum & refreshed at Sweeties, we decided to try the city museum. We were glad we did. South Carolina was once the leading rice producer in the world. The museum did a great job explaining how that came to be and what happened to it.
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| Explaining the importance of rice to S.C. |
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The hull of a 1700's ship that had been raised from the
creek mud near here |
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| Georgetown's clock tower & museum |
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| A skylight in the museum |
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Notice the old, ceramic sign that the tree
has grown around. Only 1/2 is still showing. |
After the museum visit, we took a walk around town to look at the variety of 1700's era homes still in existence. They all had identification plates attached that told their age.
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| The identification plate |
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| The big oak |
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Jim trying to remove the fire ants that
attacked him when he got too close to their nest |
After the walk, we decided to get some fresh fish from the
fish market that was just a couple of blocks up from Samba. The locals highly recommended it because that is where all the local commercial fishing boats take their catch.
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Due to the flooding, high tide was verrry high. We had to
work our way around to the back of the fish market. |
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| Inside the seafood market |
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| Fresh grouper & shrimp for the grill! |
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High tide was flooding a number of waterfront businesses.
The United Way had workers trying to keep the water out. |
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| These fixed docks were under water! |
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| A flooded electrical panel |
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| Where does the water start & stop? |
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This guy didn't seem to mind
the high water |
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| Notice the fuel pump 1/2 way submerged?! |
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| Samba had most of the marina to herself! |
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The gals de-veining the fresh shrimp.
They wrapped them in bacon for the grill. |
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The Coast Guard came by near dusk checking on the
high water |
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As sunset approached, this big fishing trawler fired up his engines &
headed out to sea. |
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| The Georgetown sunset was spectacular |
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Fresh grilled grouper, shrimp & hush puppies.
What a great ending to a fun day! |
