Georgetown SC

04.28.2010 Monkey Girl and Freedom prepare to leave for Georgetown. Actually Laura and I were waiting for Bill and Andrew to dinghy back to the boats so we could leave.

Freedom and Monkey Girl docked at Georgetown's Historic seaport.
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Andrew and I took the Georgetown tram tour. The tram was a wooden wagon with narrow built in benches. It was pulled by a jeep with the back window removed .

The tram was driven by a guide whose southern accent was intermittently thick. The jeep was equipped with a microphone and rear speakers.

Two Canadian couples were on the tour with us.

The guide, Lloyd, was fun and at least 1/2 of what he said was based in historical fact. Generally any comments he made up started with "they say".

He made all the women on the tour honorary Magnolias which allows us to give the royal wave to people we passed by.

Robert Steward house (c 1750)

Lloyd took us to see several , what a southerner would call, old houses.

The oak tree behind the houses is the oldest in the U.S.A. (c 1600's).

Rice and indigo plantation owners had houses in Georgetown which they occupied during mosquito season. The person who cooked at this residence created a famous southern appetizer. Here's how Lloyd said it happened.

The owners had many dogs and when they smelled her cooking they howled. It wasn't acceptable for the owners to eat while the dogs barked. So, the cook made food for the dogs. She throw it to them saying "hush hush". And that is how hush puppies got their name.

We didn't take a lot of pictures in Georgetown because we were too busy saving lives. You see, Lloyd liked looking directly at us while he spoke and drove.