We awoke to a cool but wonderful day. We visited a fresh seafood market this morning. How fresh? Right off the boat fresh! And bought 2 pounds of shrimp. I have a deadly recipe for scampi so we'll get our share of cholesterol in the next couple of days.

Sign on boardwalk in Georgetown, S.C.

We picked Diana and Gilbert up in the early afternoon and headed into town. The Rice Museum was on the list of things to do today. I had no idea South Carolina was a great grower and exporter of rice in the 1800's.

Skeleton of 50' boat in museum, S.C.

Model of the 50' boat (sorry about the flash.)

Old cash register in museum.

Town clock in historic building housing the Rice Museum.

 

Historic building housing the 50' boat and artifacts from the rice plantations.

 

After the museum we found a bakery that served coffee and sweets and enjoyed them on an outdoor patio, albeit we had to move to keep in the sun and be warm. Temp was only low teens but it was sunny.

Afternoon "tea" on outdoor patio.

"Generations" scuplture - male side.

 

"Generations" sculpture - female side.

 

During the trip back to the boats after the museum and bakery, we noticed Kind of Magic from our home port of HYC was anchored in the Georgetown harbour.

We had supper with Diana and Gilbert at a restaurant of Diana's choice, she was the birthday girl! Over supper we marveled at how fortunate we were to be where we were at this stage in life. (That was a mouthful.) We discussed travelling plans for tomorrow and then headed back to the boats. The current is going to be against us until at least 1100 so it will be a late start.

Diana's birthday dinner.

 

The dinghy ride after supper was cool to say the least, glad I had my winter coat on. Decided to turn the furnace on for a bit before bed to take the chill off things.