Friday 27 March 2020
We got underway at 0645 today with the idea that the swing
bridge a mile and a half away from the marina was on a half hour schedule only
to find they would open on demand – win!
SO we traveled along the waterway ogling the many fine houses. At one point we were about seven miles inland
of the Myrtle Beach area before we debouched into the head of the Waccamaw
River. We went round and round bend
after bend in this pretty cypress-lined river as it gradually widened out down
near Georgetown, CS, a lovely historic town where people get big property tax
breaks for maintaining the exterior look of their homes. We ended up at the Harbourwalk Marina where
the dock master practiced CV19 hygiene by only dropping our first line over a
cleat. He apologized for not rendering
all the personal help like connecting shore power but said social distancing
had been drilled into him. He asked us
to bring our own pen which we went to the office to check in after completing
mooring the boat. We took a taxi to and
from Walmart to stock up a bit in case we find issues getting into marinas down
the line. After that, we walked to a restaurant named River Room and got two carry-out meals, salmon and mahi-mahi. I called ahead to a Charleston
marina and obtained a reservation for tomorrow.
