Myrtle Beach - 2008

It's finally calm down a little bit to the point where I can write about our vacation to Myrtle Beach, SC. We started out Friday (8/30) and again drove down to Chester, Va where we stopped to spend the night. It took us a little longer then expected, but this time it wasn't the traffic; it was a combination of Maeve needing to stop to eat and the fact that we took a longer trip down I-81. On Saturday we woke up early and finished our drive to Myrtle Beach.

Again, we stayed at our usual place...Holiday Shores Motel on the corner of N. Ocean Blvd and 76th. By the time we checked in, got settled and fed Maeve (again), it was dinner time. Today it was dinner at Cheeseburger In Paradise. Yes, this place is owned by Jimmy Buffet.

The weather was great everyday we were there so we spent most of our time at the beach. On Wednesday, it got a little too hot so we came home early and took a trip to Barefoot Landing and dinner at Johnny Rockets.

Well, I lied, the weather was great every day except for Friday, when Tropical Storm Hanna decided to make a visit. We had been watching the weather all week and wondering if we would be evacuated. On Thursday we knew we were OK after talking to the owner of Holiday Shores and hearing the Governor of SC stating that the only people that should leave are people camping and in Mobil Homes. So Friday, we got up and went to Ripley's Aquarium at Broadway At The Beach. After the trip to the Fishies we had lunch at the Key West Grill (The food was bad, don't go there...Rip OFF). By the end of lunch, the wind and rain was picking up, so we stopped at a few more stores and then went back to the Motel for the night. After Charlotte went to bed around 9:00PM, the wind and the rain picked up, but we never lost power or cable. The next day we were on the beach at 10:00am...it was sunny and 85...a few branches on the ground, but no damage.

So that was about it...We left Myrtle Beach on9/8 and got home on 10th. Al in all, it was a great trip, however, I think we are going to cut back our 2010 trip to a week instead of 10 days. After 8 days there, Charlotte wanted to go home. I think we were all ready to go home at that point.

Here are some more pictures of the trip: