WHAT MAKES THIS JOURNEY INTERESTING

June 18, 2012  Dateline:  Georgetown, SC USA

I sat in Georgetown, SC for the past two weeks. Rich and Carol returned last Friday and were getting ready to go on Saturday.  What they did not know was that something went wrong with my battery charger and it stopped charging the batteries so there was insufficient energy to start the engines.  Rich made a phone call to a mechanic and the process started to get me fixed.  Since my electrical system is 24 volts it is not easy to get parts. Rich and the mechanic started internet searches to find a new one.  Oh well, these little bumps in the road are what make the journey interesting.  If everything went smoothly there would be nothing to remember.  Stay tuned for developments

Rich and Carol have moved into a hotel close by as without DC power many things on me will not work.  Things that are not working on the 24 volt system include the heads and the fresh water pump. Without these they can not stay onboard.  Rich has decided that since there is little to do it would be a good time to wax me.  With the traveling schedule that he and Carol have been following, I have not been taken care of very well.  So I am glad that he has this time to take care of me.

Last week, Rich and Carol saw several of their Looper friends as they arrived in Cape May.  One of them had some pictures he took when I was going into the marina at Aberdeen, AL.  The fall colors were out and the channel was pretty narrow. We traveled between the trees.  You can see for yourself in these pictures.

Yesterday, Rich and Carol did a walking tour of Georgetown, SC.  Like many of the towns they visited, Georgetown was once very rich, today while it has a steel and paper mill but a major portion of its economy is based on tourism.  The city was founded on rice and indigo, a blue dye for cotton.  The homes in the downtown area reflect the money that these agricultural products brought to the city.  The city’s first mayor decided that the city would look good if it had oak trees lining the streets.  Each of the downtown streets, except the main street, is lined with huge beautiful old oak trees.

Indigo Society Building