5.20.09 Wednesday

this morning at 4 am Katie and Brad arrived to have fun at the beach with us. The S's walked down to the beach while Brad caught up on some sleep.

Mr S and Katie walked the beach..it was too cold to get in the water still.

these little fellas were near our Villa. We looked for them every time we wet out. They were so neat. We watched them many times to see what they were up too. They were living in a drain pipe near the inlet. Once we came out to their area and saw one of the smallest wandering around ..we were still and listened .... and heard the mom calling the baby to come home.. we even got to watch the little one look around and then go to the pipe and go home

we loved these pretty little flowers growing on the beach--not sure what they are except pretty

we were still pretty tired from being up most of the night so we spent a lot of time just lazing around the by the pool and in the hot saltwater tub Brad especially loved it

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5.19.09 Tuesday

Warning---- photo intensive post ahead. This is our next day at the beach. It was cold but not as cold as it was the day before. this is the little inlet right beside our condo. We loved watching the wildlife and the colors of the sea

I'm having trouble deciding which of these will be my POTD--- love them both

and i think they are both cool.

we walked on the beach The waves were mightily and we saw lots of people surfing. We walked to the state park and enjoyed going out on the pier. Still cold

5.18.09 Monday

Today at the beach was frigid. This morning it was 49 degrees!! I have never been at the beach at this time of the year and it been sooooo cold. We had to wear coats to walk on the beach.....and we were nearly alone (just met a few people) even the lifeguards were freezing in warm ups and jackets

from the few pics we took you can tell how cold and windy it was.... brrrrr. Mr S spent a lot of time working on his fishy puzzle and i read a lot.

5.17.09 Sunday

this is out of the same front door as yesterday


what a difference a day makes---- Brrrr! it is the coldest I have ever seen at Myrtle Beach at this time of year. It has rained off and on all day and it is really cold. We did venture out just enough to take a couple of pictures. Mark much more than me... we went to the grocery store and bought supplies for the week and walked on the beach just a little --but it was too cold for anything else...

5.16.09 Saturday

on the road again-- today we drove right at 7 1/2 hrs and arrived at Myrtle Beach at 4:15 pm. at the South Beach Resort (http://www.southbeachresortmyrtlebeach.com/Index.cfm). Mr S took this picture on the way down here. He says it is a cloud pig

We have always tent camped at Myrtle Beach so this was a different kind of vacation for us. We drove in and out of rain the whole way here. The villa is nice and roomy and comfy. The surrounding area is nice as well. We are on the fourth floor and have a screened in porch.

while we were "moving in" for the week, Mr S took this picture of me

and this is us on the beach--taken by a nice lady in a purple dress--- it was starting to get cold

this is the view from the front door