Isle of Palms to Leland Oil to Harborwalk

Day #529; Loop Miles to Date = 5,942

Today (Tuesday) finds us at Harborwalk Marina in Georgetown, SC. Last night we stayed in McClellanville, SC at Leland Oil. Both of these are return visits for us, so we won't go into much detail about these stops right now...more in past blogs if you are interested.

Both Monday and today were beautiful travel days...today actually it got quite warm, with temperatures reaching almost 90 locally. The waterway was quiet, the winds moderate, the sky blue...all-in-all another couple of great days.

One anecdote to share that occurred during our travel day on Monday. Rob is driving, with Kikie on the seat behind him...and Sandy is back in the salon with Lola somewhere nearby. All of a sudden, in the middle of the waterway, Lola starts barking hysterically! This scares the fright out of Sandy, causing her to simultaneously scream bloody murder. At the helm, Rob is envisioning a dog bounding off the boat with Sandy close behind!!! But alas, it was just that a pelican had chosen to land on our dinghy just as Lola stepped out there, causing the above described chain of events. This all happened in about 3 seconds, and gave us both a good laugh...eventually...

On Monday, we drove for at least 5 miles without seeing a single building, and then in the middle of nowhere, there is this dwelling...and again nothing for the next few miles. The only way in here is by boat, and we could see that they appeared to have propane for an energy source. What a great retreat for someone who loves isolation, with loads of peace and quiet.

On Monday, we saw 4 bald eagles...what a treat! This was the only one that we could get close enough to for a decent picture. We guessed that he/she was just resting after a mid-day snack?

Sandy found the house we would buy if we ever decided to move to McClellanville, SC. Private yard, and it backed up to the river with its own private dock. Walking distance to the local Seafood Store where we bought some crab dip and some wonderful shrimp.

A lovely little church, also in McClellanville.

On Tuesday, we saw what appeared to be a huge fire from miles away...

And as we meandered along, we could tell that the waterway was leading us fairly close to it...

But once we got there, it wasn't quite as dramatic as we envisioned. Our guess is that it was a controlled burn...it was on Cat Island where the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center is located (a managed wildlife preserve now owned by the SC Department of Natural Resources).

 

McClellanville's fishing fleet by day...

And at sunset.

All for now...further northward tomorrow.