We spent October 4th in Georgetown SC. My birthday! It's a funky little town that many experienced cruisers recommended. Unfortunately the town had a bad fire along the historic riverfront two weeks ago. Four old buildings burned down, 8 or 9 families were mis-placed and 130 people are out of work because of it. But the good news is no one was killed. When we cruised by that area on our way in, a crew was already razing the burnt remains of the buildings so they can build back which is great news. We anchored at the long end of a bunch of moored boats, some which looked as tho the owners had forgotten them. *FYI - turns out the recycling plant at the end - near our anchorage runs 24/7! AND most of the bulk shipment of stuff to be recycled must come in via truck in the middle of the night. It was SO loud. Like emptying the trash after a really great party x 1000 type of loud.
Anyway, we launched the dinghy and Tom treated me to a late lunch ashore at Wild Fish. I had the fried flounder tacos. Tom had angry ahi tacos. Delish on both accounts. I learned later from my friend Emily that Oct 4th is national taco day. I did not know that until now. I am not sure decides those things but...ok.
We walked around the main waterfront street checking it all out. We happened to find Kudzu's bakery. Omg! It was late in the afternoon so all they had left in the way of fresh baked bread was French baguettes. We bought one along with to very reasonably priced wines ($7 & $9). We were so tempted as they had some amazing pre-cooked, pre-made ready to bake items on the freezer cases - bacon wrapped scallops, spectacular looking chicken pot pies, a wonderful variety of exotically stuff ravioli and.....croissants (butter, cheese and CHOCOLATE) that were calling my name! The prices were again surprisingly reasonable. But we were good and stuck to the baguette and wines.
Tom cooked a late birthday dinner onboard s/v Honey Ryder of steaks with green beans. A divine smoked Gouda fit perfectly with the baguette as appetizer and dessert - the baguette was that yummy and cheese is my desert island food so it's always good. It was a wonderful birthday. Absolutely perfect aboard bday. Hopefully the first of many abroad!
FYI - The wooden Boat Show scheduled for Georgetown towards the end of this month is still on. If you are in the area, you should stop by.
Oh how funny, I had no idea you had eaten tacos on your birthday! And now you know going forward that you must always do this, since it is, after all, National Taco Day (secondarily to Sabrina's birthday, of course!) The food sounded delish -- glad you had such a great day.
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