Tuesday June 12: McClellanville, SC

The new water pump arrived about 10:30 this morning. Isn't it a lovely looking thing? Remember that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and when I look at the front of the engine when the pump is supposed to be, the new pump looks even more lovely! Installed the pump, messed with a couple of hose leaks (created by disturbing them to install the pump) and we were ready to head out by 12:30.

Looking back as we left, the skies were darkening and again threatening rain. Solution? Go farther north of Charleston! It worked pretty well as we had some rain but only for a half an hour or so. The waterway north is quite small (relatively) and is missing the large sounds that dot the coast of Georgia. The fun house with the deck on the roof is really not typical but, hey, if you want to see the ocean you do what you have to do :-)

One house had a pirate smiley face. Seems like we saw that on the way down ... or up. Regardless it was fun. This is again the land of the mile long piers. We found out that it cost about $85 a FOOT to build these piers. So for some of the long ones several hundred feet long, you're talking about the price of a small home. And that cost doesn't include the fixed dock at the end or the lifting device for your boat or for the small floating dock. Big bucks. With the late start from Charleston, we decided to stop at McClellanville - about 30 miles from Georgetown. Guess Georgetown will wait until the next time. We will pass it by as we head on to Myrtle Beach tomorrow.