Monday, May 5, 2014

Cinco de Mayo in Georgetown SC

We traveled 52 miles to Georgetown SC and stayed 2 nights because it was such a quaint town and the weather was perfect in every way.  Here are a few pics from along the ICW:


I think I could live here :)




The docks are very long as the area between the homes and the water is marshy with some sort of grass... we call them tules but I think there is a local name for this type of swamp grass.

The first night in Georgetown, we rode our bikes to a local event at the Kominski Mansion, sitting under huge shade trees, and listened to a concert from the Long Bay Youth Orchestra.  It was almost surreal to look out on the ICW, listening to classical music and watching the leaves rustle above us in the gentle breeze.  You couldn't ask for a more glorious day.







We docked at the Harborwalk Marina which is literally right in the historic district and walking distance to several small, local museums... a Rice Museum and a maritime museum, as well as the Kominski Home museum.

The south is so genteel... I appreciated taking a break from shopping at all the cute little shops!
Georgetown was settled in the early 1700's and was once one of the biggest export towns for Carolina rice.  Today it has a paper mill and a steel mill which, unfortunately, are visible on the waterfront.  But we just looked past them and enjoyed the charming main street and beautiful tree lined side streets and watched the boats go by.

Harborwalk has very nice slips and restrooms, laundry facilities and they sell ice.  The grocery store is about 1.5 miles away.  It is right downtown near some nice restaurants and delis.  Many boats are anchored out in the harbor and dinghy in to the docks to visit town.


Today is Cinco de Mayo so we are celebrating with margaritas and fajitas for dinner!  We don't have a blender so, fortunately, we found these which work just great!  Now, where is that shaker of salt?