Myrtle Beach

Back in June, we took our annual girl's vacation to Myrtle Beach.  I've added a few posts to chronicle our adventures.

On the Way There

Quotes from Vacation

Here's a summary of our week:

As far as activities go, we didn't have the best weather. If we had known what the rest of the week would be like we might have left the shopping for later in the week.
Anyway, we hit the outlet mall and the beach shops. They all have great specials to get you in the door. $1 seashells! Umbrellas $4.99!! Some stores even claim NOTHING OVER $5.99.  But be sure you read the fine print. This cracked me up till I nearly wet myself. Yes, nothing over 5.99. Special Section. Available only on items priced $5.99 and under.

 



We found a Chinese buffet for a late lunch/early dinner, and that was Monday.

Tuesday was rainy. We got the requisite wildlife shots.

 

 

More wild life.....

 





I've found there are few flatter photos of me being whacked by waves. This is the only one you are getting.

And this was the lifeguard at 8am. Our play in the surf lasted less than an hour before everyone gave up. 

But I rented an umbrella and beach chairs, darnit, and I was staying.  That rain would blow over.

Eventually.

Right?  Yeah, not so much. This was me by 9am.

I stuck it out for hours. Eventually I built a rain screen out of various towels, and yes, that IS a thirty-one About Town Blanket with the waterproof side facing out. I got a lot of reading done, but not so much sunning. There were fireworks later that night. We could see them in the distance, but no one was much in the mood to venture out.

 

Thankfully, by Thursday we had some sun. And we built our own sunshades in addition to our rentals.

 

 

Later in the afternoon, we hit the boardwalk downtown and had dinner at Dirty Don's Oyster Bar. The menu was a hoot and made us miss Jamie and Rylee. And PJ.

We hung out downtown till dark and got some great photos.

 

Friday was another great weather day. That head in the middle of the photo is me jumping a wave.

 

Finally, it was time to come home. We decided to drive straight through -- Mom helped with the driving, but unfortunately we hit some monster traffic that added three hours to our travel time. At one point we traveled only 10 miles in 90 minutes. We also made about 10 stops on the way home. Snacks, potty breaks, etc. It made for a really long day, and we were both happy to be home. I have a photo of the traffic, but blogger is freaking out over the number of photos in this post already, so you'll have to imagine.

 

All in all, we had a fantastic time. I miss the beach .... but I've only got a couple of months before I go to Jamaica, so I'll try not to complain in the meantime.