Rushing Back To Reality... Oops ... new version

Well, we're at the end of another great beach trip and we really hate to see the week come to an end.  But - we've got some stuff to do back home so we're packed up and heading back to greater metropolitan Ridgeway.  We thought we'd go back and mention a couple of things abut the trip that were kinda special and close out the week with some reminders about the special places we got to know along the way.  Of course we told you about some of the wonderful young people we got to know on our fishing trip and about our traditional visit to Russell's - but - we also chalked up a new "favorite" in the restaurant category.  Creek Ratz is now waaayyy up on the list of fun places to dine and I can promise we'll be back there soon!!!  Also - and this is a new one, folks - we used an extraordinary "take-out" food service this time.  It's a place called "Get Carried Away" and they specialize in low-country Southern-cooked dishes. Get Carried Away is an extension of the cooking talents Sassy and Brian Henry developed during the early days of their "Sea View Inn."  In 2005 they started Get Carried Away after many of their faithful followers urged them to "package" the meals that were so popular at their Inn.  The idea was to prepare, package and freeze the dishes so customers could pick them up, take them home, pop them in the microwave or the oven and have a delicious low-country dish quickly.  Their menu was somewhat limited to begin with but they encouraged folks from the surrounding area who had exceptional recipes to consider offering them at their take-out location.  The rest, as they say, is history.  With the introduction of "Palmetto Cheese" (their own, unique, highly popular version of pimento cheese) in 2006, their business really took off and that product - along with a number of others - is marketed from Texas to Maine!!! One dish they offer under carefully controlled conditions is their "low-country boil."  Some folks may know the dish as "Beaufort Stew" or the even more iconic "Frogmore Stew" but, for the un-initiated, it is a spectacular concoction of shrimp, sausage, potatoes, onions, corn, garlic and a combination of secret spices.  When you order the dish you have to designate a time when you will pick it up because it is "made to order".  Now, let me tell you folks, ... that is a dish that will knock your socks off!!!!  The shrimp are enormous, the sausage cooked to perfection, the corn seasoned in an extraordinary way and the rest of the dish - Fabulous!!!  We are so fortunate to have the numerous wonderful food options available on Pawley's Island, Murrell's Inlet and all the areas surrounding our beach hang-out.  As we mentioned about Creek Ratz, one of the things that really appeals to us is that the costs at the places we have mentioned are not 'over the top'.  Believe me, they do not - in any way - take second place to even the most expensive dining venues on the South Carolina coast.  Well, we are at the end of another great visit to the coast and we appreciate the fact that you have been with us again - that means a lot!!!!  We'll check back in soon with an update on our upcoming plans.  They will include - to some degree - Raleigh, North Carolina, Houston, Texas and other points around the country.  Get rested up and be ready to join us as the SCTravelersX3 hit the road again.  Until then, see ya.