We docked next to new arrivals Rick and Sandra on their Island Packet sailboat. Right away they asked, “What are we supposed to do in Georgetown?” With a map provided by the marina, we four found the Tuna Grill on the Boardwalk and lunched on fresh-from-the-boat oysters, crab and grouper. M-m-good! Then we hot-footed it around the National Registry of Historic Buildings District... Pre-Revolutionary and Civil War era elaborate homes, churches, government buildings,etc., maintained in impeccable condition. Our touring buddies had sailed from Texas and much of their cruising had been “on the outside”... out in the open ocean and sometimes through the night. You can just imagine the experiences we shared with each other!
The fertile, low-country flats near the Sampit and Waccamaw Rivers provided a prosperous life for plantation owners through the years. Indigo and rice (Carolina Gold) each had their heyday... dependent, of course, on slave labor. As soon as slavery was abolished, the plantation years ended. Most recently lumbering and paper-making have been the economic mainstays. At the end of the 1800‘s, a businessman from Bucksport, Maine harvested, milled and shipped Cyprus and Southern Pine from the Georgetown, South Carolina area to ship builders in Maine. We were delighted to find this Maine connection!
The fertile, low-country flats near the Sampit and Waccamaw Rivers provided a prosperous life for plantation owners through the years. Indigo and rice (Carolina Gold) each had their heyday... dependent, of course, on slave labor. As soon as slavery was abolished, the plantation years ended. Most recently lumbering and paper-making have been the economic mainstays. At the end of the 1800‘s, a businessman from Bucksport, Maine harvested, milled and shipped Cyprus and Southern Pine from the Georgetown, South Carolina area to ship builders in Maine. We were delighted to find this Maine connection!
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looks like meeting new and interesting people is just like rv'ing….
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