Day 10 - Charleston, SC to Georgetown, SC

 


One of our longer days, going 57.2 miles.

These gals were getting their workout before the sun was up.

Another beautiful sunrise start.

Fort Sumter 

Big boats by the apartment buildings.

Morning kayaker.

Amusing sites. Happy face with an eye patch??

A commercial lifeboat? Someone's man-cave??

    Georgetown has a Harborwalk worth checking out if you ever visit. Many eateries, bars, and shops.

More of the Harborwalk.

More of the Harborwalk.


RICE IS KING
Rice was introduced to the area as early as 1690, but did not become a major crop until after the Revolutionary War. Local planters made large fortunes cultivating rice - Carolina Gold - in the area's low-lying river estuaries. The crop required a large labor force which meant more African slaves were imported. The slave population was about 85% of the total population of the County throughout the 1800's. Though spared much of the ravages of the War Between the States, the social, political and economic upheaval that followed cause the rice culture to ultimately collapse. Without slave labor to cultivate the rice crop, most of the plantations were doomed. A series of severe hurricanes in the late 1800's delivered a final, devastating blow which ended the rice culture in Georgetown.

The oleander looked and smelled lovely.

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