South Carolina – Here we come!

My roommate and Catherine and I decided that South Carolina, Myrtle Beach to be exact would be exciting this time of year. Cat had the weekend off so we found a good deal on a hotel, packed up our bags and….waited. Catherine was detained at work, but don’t worry…we finally made it off about 8pm or so. And we drove. It was a 7 hour drive, but we ran into some traffic. Despite the traffic over all it was a nice drive. We took a pit stop in North Carolina, napped a little, next to guy with a grandfather clock in the front seat of his car. We arrived in Myrtle Beach about 8 am. We went to Wal-Mart – I know, not the first place you usually go when you arrive in a new town, a beach town no less, but my driver’s side headlight had gone out while we were driving through North Carolina and, truthfully I wanted to get it fixed as soon as possible. Wal-Mart’s open at 8am, but they didn’t know if they knew how to change the headlight on a Malibu. Fortunately there was someone who knew how to change the light bulb. I watched them do it…and could have done myself, but they were willing so I let them. I was so happy that I learned how to change the light bulb that I wanted to call my dad and tell how proud he should be. For those of you who know my dad, you’re aware of the fact that he doesn’t want his daughters to be stranded on the side of the road, helpless, because of a small incidental car problem, like a flat tire. He has always insisted that his daughters learn how to change a tire, the oil and even the break pads. Useful things. We never covered headlights…probably because they don’t need fixing as frequently as the other things. However it was 8 am and therefore 5 am in California and I didn’t think my dad would appreciate a call the early in the morning, no matter how excited he might be.

One quick stop at Wal-Mart, one new headlight and new skill learned and we were on a way to the beach. It was beautiful and peace, being so early in the morning. We set out our blanket and ate breakfast from the food we packed with us. Perfect and relaxing. We went to the beach right next to the World's Largest Sand Castle

During the course of the day we check in to our hotel, played in the water, which by the way is a lot more salty then the Pacific Ocean. I never knew that, but it’s true! The Atlantic is warmer was well. We went to went to the Ripley’s Aquarium. It was so cool! I’m sure most of you have seen the commercials where the kids are walking under a dome of class with sharks swimming over head…yeah…that’s where we were! Sharks, turtles, fish all swimming above us. It as awesome.

It has inspired within me the desire to learn how to scuba dive. I want to swim with the sharks, in a steel cage of course.

That night we decided to go to a famous (or at least well known) all-you-care-to-eat real Southern cooking buffet. It was quite the ordeal to get there, wondering if we were lost most the time and finally calling for directions, but it was worth it. The food was amazing the atmosphere enchanting. After dinner was wandered downtown. There were tons of little shops and thousands of people. We left about 10:30 to go back to our hotel and the town was still hoping with activity

The Epitome of the Beach

I heard that there was store called Piggly Wiggly and now I've seen it and been inside and bought ice.

Rommate Bonding time :) If you are still friends and can stand living together after 14 hours (or 19 if you count the time we slept) travelling in a car together then you have experienced some serious Roomamte Bonding.