Our Myrtle Beach trip is now a memory and so, while the memory is fresh, I better record at least the highlights.
An early photo I posted to Facebook prompted a renewed contact with some old friends from OMS, Garth and Becca, who now live near Myrtle Beach. They kindly treated Melissa and me to a wonderful lunch and then helped us save some money on local attractions.
Since the weather was less than fantastic, we spent one afternoon wandering through some shops in the touristy "Broadway on the Beach". It looked a bit like a ghost town - seems like the Covid shutdowns hit this area of the country pretty hard.
Nevertheless ... overpriced candy and ice cream could still be had.
One of my favorite local sights we explored was Brookgreen Gardens, an art exhibit, zoo, nature preserve, and history lesson rolled into one.
Samuel helping out one of the locals:
An incredibly beautiful place.
We hopped on the pontoon boat ride for a blustery trip up river and back while learning about the rice plantations that were built here on slave labor long ago.
We used some of our Biden bucks to treat the kids to the one thing they were talking about from the first day of our trip: helicopter rides. The billboards advertised "$20 Helicopter Rides" all over town. Of course, once we arrived on site, it was a classic up sale scenario. We splurged a bit.
Sarah: "Caleb and Hannah are going to be wishing they were here for this!"
Me: "We wouldn't be doing this if they were here."
There are definitely some things that are not nearly so out of reach for a family of four for which I would never have considered paying with a family of six.
Our only big accomplishment for our final day was a trip back to our favorite restaurant find for lunch. It was well worth a return.
Tomorrow after church I will be spending a few hours finishing up my grading and making plans for this final quarter of the school year.
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