We anchored right off the town docks and rowed our dinghy over to the landing to tour around town. In hindsight, we probably should have pulled right up to the open spot on the town dock as you can park there during the day, just no overnight berthing. Especially since we then moved our anchorage spot for the evening as I felt we were too close to the channel. There was a big open spot down the channel farther for a more comfortable location for the night. The Georgetown anchorage area can be very crowded during normal transit periods, but funny, lots of room in January. We have met other boats along the way though including a single hander who stopped to chat, he's on his way back to Elizabeth City after spending Nov/Dec in the Bahamas.
Georgetown has a nice boardwalk along the waterfront with shops and restaurants. We ate lunch at Buzz's Roost, on the upper deck down the walkway with the blue umbrellas. Had good Flounder and Cod fish sandwiches. Then finished with an Edy's ice cream cone (me not Sue) right at the town landing.
It was a lovely day with temperature in the high 70s and we were glad we changed our plans and stopped for the afternoon. This is the park right in front of the town docks. (Ice cream parlor just on the left)
The cold front is now forecasted to move in tomorrow night with nightly temps in 30s. Brrrr
We will be anchoring tomorrow night, probably with the Honda generator running to heat the electric blanket. Then on to Charleston where we'll plug into shore power for couple days while visiting with friends.
We'll be leaving the Waccamaw tomorrow and into the South Carolina marshlands. There are still bald eagle nests, like this one along the river, down in the sparsely populated marsh lands. Hope we see another eagle. Only spotted one so far.
