Georgetown

Historic Downtown Georgetown

Georgetown is just a short hop from Osprey Marina and we pulled in to the Harborwalk Marina the same afternoon.  Georgetown is a quaint little town with lots of little shops and restaurants right on the waterfront.

We arrived on a Sunday and everything was closed.  So we took the opportunity to ride our bikes to Walmart for some supplies.  Everything was fine until we started to return.  Marie hit a bump in the sidewalk and her tire blew!  Luckily, we were still at Walmart so I went back inside and bought some fix-a-flat for bikes.  I put it on the tire and immediately got covered with a fluorescent green gooey substance all over my arms!

the River Room Restaurant - great view of the water!

Not enough went into the tire to get us anywhere, so assuming I got a defective one, I went back inside to buy another.  I hooked it up and the tire filled up.  Then I went to remove the can from the tire and green stuff went everywhere!  Plus, the green stuff was oozing out of every possible place on the tire.  Along the rim, by the spokes, everywhere!  We immediately took off, walking at first, then riding, waiting for the stuff to harden and form a seal.  But it never did.  After awhile, we had to walk the bikes back to the boat!

Harborwalk, Georgetown

Our son, Josh, who is a part time wedding photographer, always says the best weddings are those were something goes wrong.  He says the bloopers are what will be remembered and laughed at years later.  So anytime things don't go right on our trips, we look at each other and say, "another memory!"  Its what makes the trip fun!

Monday we walked the shops along the riverfront and had a nice relaxing day.  It is a place we would not mind visiting again someday, but for now we had to keep moving south so the next day we pulled out and continued our trip.

A double rainbow points the way to the beach!

That night we anchored within sight of the ocean and beaches in Price Creek, just north of Isle of Palms.  We had allotted two nights here so that we could spend time on the beach, so the first night we just kicked back on the boat and relaxed.

The next morning we got up and put the dinghy over, loaded her up for a day at the beach, and got ready to go.  But once again, I pulled and pulled and pulled on the starter chord only to have the outboard remain silent!  I am very disappointed in the Mercury outboard and am seriously considering trading it in for another brand.  Without power, we were once again stuck on the boat.