10/26/15
McClellenville, SC is a very small town of 300 people. The economy here depends primarily on shrimping and fishing. The marina here is basically a commercial fishing and fuel dock that also accepts transient boats for overnight stays. It was conveniently located between Myrtle Beach and Charleston, so we stopped for the night.
There is not much in McClellanville, but we did walk a couple of blocks to the seafood market along a street lined with beautiful Spanish moss-draped live oaks. There we bought some very nice shrimp just off the boat for $6.99 a pound. If you wanted smaller shrimp you could pay $4.99 a pound. We bought three pounds of the large shrimp, some to freeze for later and some to eat right away. The local restaurant was closed, so we had steamed shrimp for dinner. I'm glad we thought to stock our pantry with Old Bay! We went to bed with storms in the area and more predicted for the following day, so we went to bed we were thinking we would be stuck here eating shrimp for the next two days. It could be worse!
John forgot to mention that we had docktail hour with a lovely couple, Joe and Kathy, from Deltaville, a small town not far from Gloucester. She was a retired Registered Nurse, and is a parishioner from the Catholic Church that neighbors St. Therese.We had a lot to talk about. Their vessel was a lovely sailboat, and they introduced us to a gentleman named Steve. Steve has spent his life sailing. It was a wonderful end to a wonderful day.
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