Well, on this stop I Fell in LOVE!!!!   

  If I was 20 years younger I would have found my new home. Georgetown is the third oldest city in South Carolina with over 200 homes built from the early 1700's to the early 1900's.  It is an historic jewel with a lively waterfront, a lot of great restaurants and shopping.  Some would say a tourist trap, but the city is so lovely that it over rides even the obtrusive steel mill at the end of the harbor and one of the country's largest paper plants in the distance.  Georgetown was  the wealthiest city in the U.S. in the mid 1700's due to its many rice plantations the homes from that century are still standing and occupied today.  Like Charleston, there is a strict policy for updating homes and it shows.  It is a beautiful city, well worth the stop.

Pulling into Georgetown Harbor after a very heavy rainstorm

Sunset in the rain

The next day with a sunny beautiful harbor
and not your everyday 1st mate

taking "At Ease Captain" literally!

what part of relax don't you understand???
(I just had to try out my new metal polish...sweet stuff)

That's us in the distance Tie a Knot all tied up

great veggies at the Georgetown Farmers Market

part of the Georgetown Shrimp flotilla at dock

house from the early 1700's

Downtown Georgetown

Home in the historic district

The streets of the historic end of town are tree lined and meticulously maintained

Southern Beauty

 This plaque tells the story of the tree below. 

It is now almost 600 years old.  

This house was built in 1765.  The roof in the back is part of it.  
It was in "new" condition...lots of love for sure.

a poor boat in "not so new" condition

My current shell cache

Our anchorage for last night and tonight....about halfway from
Georgetown to South Myrtle Beach
and yes it's another 'Bull Creek'  a very popular waterway name in the south evidently, Bull creeks and rivers.

Our anchorage with one other boat.  All of the day boats left by 7:00 so a quiet night

Not so quiet today....makes us have to remind ourselves that we were young too and probably drove the Algonac adults wild with our water skiing.  This boat has been using us for a 'ski bouy' today with DAD at the helm....some never grow up!

A Zebra Swallowtail.  He was having trouble balancing because of the missing tail  so he didn't stop long enough for a good picture.

Our resident horsefly.  He's over an inch long and has been bothering me since yesterday.  I keep shooing him away because I just don't have the heart to swat him.  Gary says I'll be sorry when he bites me. 

Gary's always right.