Movin' on from Charleston

     A whole week has passed since my last post and I wish I could tell you that my reason for not writing was that we were so busy with exciting things to do and places to see, but sadly that was not the case.  We have been attending the AGLCA meetings (that's the "Loop" group we belong to) for the past week (more on that later), but we are on the move again and I want to bring you up to date, so here goes.
     We left Charleston in the wee hours (for me, that is anything before 9 am) and once again headed North on the ICW.  Not much happening here, but the scenery was beautiful as we cruised through the South Carolina swamps, with a few diversions, as you can see in these photos:

We love the cypress trees covered with moss--this was at high tide.

And not too much further, the trees disappeared and we were back in marsh land.

And just as suddenly, along came this group of kayakers.  We have no idea where they were coming from (or going to) because we were still in the middle of nowhere.  God love them--they will be paddling their little arms off for a long time, but they seemed happy enough, although too occupied to wave.

Here we are still in the middle of the marsh, and up comes this sign.  Obviously there are not a lot of roads in this area, so I guess if you want to go anywhere, you catch a ferry.  And here she is:

Not too impressive, huh?  No passengers or vehicles today.

     Not too much else went on as we journeyed toward Georgetown (our next stop), but we were joined by this flock of seagulls who escorted us for quite awhile, squawking all the way.  And of course, one of them made the obligatory donation on our deck, which Art dutifully scrubbed off when we docked.

     Our stop in Georgetown was recommended by some other boaters we met along the way, and for the life of me, I can't figure out why.   The dockmaster squeezed us boaters in pretty tight and so there was little privacy and everyone was pretty grumpy about how they were going to get out the next day.  I went up on the flybridge to enjoy the view and the first thing I spotted was this critter slowing swimming across the water:

     You'll have to use your imagination again, but that is an alligator cruising slowly beside the sailboat.

     We got off the boat for our obligatory walk and to discover this town.  They have built a boardwalk along the river, but after a day on the water, last thing we wanted to do was stroll the waterfront, so we headed in to the main street.  Here's photos of both:

 

The boardwalk.

Front Street, Georgetown

     In all fairness to Georgetown, I guess there are many beautiful plantation homes nearby to visit and they have built this beautiful little park, cannons and all:

And even better, check out the sunset over Georgetown :

Tomorrow we journey to North Myrtle Beach, S.C. for the AGLCA meetings.