Friday, November 24, 2006 - Georgetown, SC

The sun is out and the skies are clear and we are getting ready to leave late this morning for our two day trek to the St. John River entrance near Jacksonville, FL. We will be traveling about 250 miles along the coast and will be providing Shiptrak updates along the way.


We are off the local bakery to pick up some fresh bread and sweet rolls for breakfast on the trip. This bakery is so popular that everytime we have gone there in early afternoon everything is gone and Wednesday they were baking dozens of pies for their customers turkey day dinner.

Here are a few more pictures of sights around Georgetown as we arrived last Saturday so it has been a week waiting out weather. Because of the cultivation of rice and indigo in this region in the 1800's the plantation owners here were actually the richest people in the United States. Many even had homes in Newport, RI. The region's importance declined after the Civil War due to it's dependence on slavery to grow the crops. 85 percent of the people here during the heyday were slaves. To learn more about the town visit their website: http://www.seaportgeorgetown.com/index.shtml


This is the Kaminski house. It was built in the 1700's and the last owner donated it to the town to preserve it's historical value. We had a great guide that spent over an hour with us discussing the history, furniture, paintings and various restorations that have taken place.












An old wooden trawler moored by the Kaminski house. Extremely well maintained.














The town has many small well designed parks tucked away between various buildings.