We drove for about 8 hours to reach Myrtle Beach, SC. Against the Navigator's better judgement, the Captain elected to listen to the advice of both Mapquest and our Garmin nav system which routed us through Charleston, SC. While the rest of the drive was surely more scenic than I-95 would have been, we lost about an hour to heavy traffic and construction in Charleston.
But it was all worth it when we arrived at our campground. We're staying at a place called Lakewood Camping Resort just south of Myrtle Beach. Again we're paying exorbitant beach resort prices...nearly $80 per night including tax and a "resort fee." While that's really pricey for a campground, in addition to full hook-ups we have a beachfront campsite. I can see the ocean from my bed and we go to sleep listening to the sound of the surf. Well maybe not tonight. It's been so hot today that I'll probably go to sleep tonight listening to the sound of our air conditioner.
Myrtle Beach has a really lovely long wide stretch of beautiful white sand. The ocean is a perfect temperature and we've really enjoyed walking SiSi on the beach. I'm not sure she's really enjoying it, though. Although she's lived her entire life within a few miles of the beach, she acts like she's never seen the ocean. She's scared of it and always makes sure to keep us between it and her.
There are some really nice areas in Myrtle Beach but the rest is quite commercial. There must be a thousand mini golf opportunities. And if you like pancakes, this is the place for you. There seems to be at least one pancake place on every block. And this place is really big on seafood buffets. There are lots of warehouse size restaurants with huge buffets.
Not being big buffet fans we elected to try the local seafood and Carolina barbeque. The seafood restaurant that we chose had Ravens posters all over the place and touted their "Maryland style seafood." The owner turned out to be from Carroll County. But we elected to have a "low country boil" which consisted of a bucket of steamed oysters, mussels, shrimp, king crab legs, corn, sausage and red potatoes. It was wonderful.
We splurged and got tickets to the Carolina Opry which is loosely affiliated with the original Opry in Nashville. We went to the Grand Old Opry when we were in Nashville a couple of years ago and saw several big name acts. The biggest name at this show was one of the finalists from season 4 of American Idol, but the show was really quite good.
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