Leland Marina, McClellanville, SC (docked)
July 6 & 7, 2022
There’s not a lot to do in McClellanville, especially when it’s so hot that we don’t feel like walking during the day – except go to the shrimp boat docks to get some fresh shrimp.
The road to the shrimp boat dock follows Jeremy Creek and it’s lined with old live oaks and beautiful houses. It’s almost as if we are in a movie set for the Low Country. Almost every live oak has at least one swing hanging in its branches.
Fresh shrimp is so delicious – it’s sweet and really plump. Cooking it on the grill means that we don’t need to heat up the galley, too. It’s so good we had it both nights.
We did cross some tasks off of our lists – laundry and vacuuming, as well as some reorganization of supplies. John changed the oil in the generator, replaced a joker valve in the aft head (this is a crappy job), and got the propane regulator on the grill to work again.
Once again, we are so happy that we have an air conditioner on Lailia; the temperatures are in the upper 80s with “feels-like” temps of around 108. There is some breeze on the water, but it doesn’t do much until the late afternoon, which is when we strolled a bit through town.
The churches here don’t lock their doors. The Chapel of Ease was built in 1890 and is beautiful inside and out.
After all of the rocking at the Charleston Maritime Center, this peaceful and quiet marina has been really refreshing. We wound up staying an extra day as we waited for my laptop charger to be delivered and were not unhappy that we did so. We will start heading north again in the morning, with a goal of getting to a marina in Pawleys Island for the night.
Life on Lailia 