Back at Sea!

We were up at crack of dawn to set off for Georgetown, SC not knowing how long it would take us to get there given the aftermath of the storm.  The weather was cool, clear and sunny and the cruising was smooth and lovely.  There was some hurricane damage and high water reaching over fences and covering docks as well as lots of branches and a few trees down.  Fortunately the debris we had heard could be floating around and dangerous for a boat was not an issue. 

When we arrived in the cute port at Georgetown and walked down the wood planked harborwalk for lunch at Big Tuna on the waterfront.  They had a lovely bright red, yellow, green and blue parrot with a super long tail named Sally in the entry near the bar. John sidled up to the bar and I sidled up to Sally and had a chat with her while we waited for a seat. I let her know she was absolutely gorgeous and that I hoped she wasn't too bored with her life in a 2'x2' cage.  She said 'qua, qua' a couple of times and carried on working on getting sunflower seeds out of the shell. 

After lunch we walked around town and I bought some gaudy (my favorite style!) book ends and learned from the shop lady that there are lots of alligators around these parts, and with the flooding, they might be more exposed than usual.  She told me to take a flashlight at night and shine it into the reeds and we would see lots of glowing eyes!

We ended our day with lovely italian dinner in town at the Alfresco Biistro in the center of the small town.  Tomorrow we have a another long 60 mile journey to Charleston, SC to meet up with our guests, Mike and Debbie Preston.