Georgetown, South Carolina

 We spent 3.5 days in Georgetown, SC.  It has a very protected anchorage, that sometimes is a bit smelly from the paper pulp mill.  Lucky for us, only smelly on the morning we left, as the winds shifted from the south to the west.

You check out the anchorage views here: Georgetown, SC Anchorage (https://youtu.be/gaIrFm_dYN4)

We walked to town, got groceries, visited the hardware store.  Ate at McDonalds (3 mile round trip).  Saturday we walked to WalMart (2 miles each way), got more groceries, stopped at Food Lion and Tractor Supply as well.

 Georgetown was ready for Halloween with a Scarecrow garden in a waterfront park.

Georgetown has some nice areas with mature tree lined streets.

Some of the homes are not in nice shape - there is some poverty in this town

Some of the homes and areas of town are nicer as well

Quite a few places had Halloween decorations out.   

                                                                 

We have our Halloween decoration out as well

Took some time to work on making sure the engines were in shape.  Found a coolant link on starboard, and in the process of trying to fix the leak, broke a small plastic part on then engine.  Non critical, nothing a little super glue won't fix for now.

Super glue and a little clamping action

Fixed (temp) part back on engine

Left Georgetown on Sunday, Haloween day.  Temperatures are getting cold, and we need to head south.  Supposed to be North winds starting around 3:00 a.m. in the morning on November 1, so we moved to an anchorage close to the exit of Wynah Bay to be prepared to depart in the early hours of the morning to sail south.

About 200 miles to sail to get warm.

As we hung out in the anchorage, a feathered friend or fiend joined us.  Friend or fiend will be decided on how much poop we find on the boat.   This guy has no fear of us.  

When the tide shifted, and the boat swung, he moved as well to stay in the sun.  Was on the stern, and moved to the bow.

Don't know how long he will stick around.