Myrtle Beach

I know ... it's about time! Well better late than never I guess. I'm finally posting about our Myrtle Beach trip. This summer our vacation was spent with my parents and my brother's family. We all shared a condo at Myrtle Beach. Without a doubt it was a wonderful vacation that we thoroughly enjoyed.

Here are a few pictures.

The 3 bedroom Condo

The Beach. We had a wonderful view from our
condo. We even watched dolphins swim up shore
2 of the mornings we were there.

The condo also had three swimming pools,
2 hot tubs (which I spend a good deal of time in)
and 2 lazy rivers.

I think Jessica's favorite thing on the beach
was getting creative with the sand.

Kyle was all about fighting the waves.

My Dad and Keith buried Jessica while Kyle
and I were swimming. Then they placed a
bucket on her head. When we came back
I told Kyle to pick up the bucket. He jumped
when he lifted the bucket and their was his
sister's head.

Jessica and Kyle had a blast with
their cousin Alex. They love him tons!

We went on a "dolphin watch" Basically
we followed a fishing boat and watched for
dolphins feeding behind it. We saw several.

Mom and Dad

Leanne and Dawn

Alex, Kyle, Keith and Me.

We called Jessica "Hollywood" as she
kicked back with her shades on the
corner of the boat.

We went Jet-Skiing one day. Keith drove with
Jessica riding. I drove with Leanne and Kyle
riding. It was a blast! I did flip it once when
I cut behind Keith to jump a wave. I came
down broadsided into another and we all
went over. Keith finally figured out that
we were not behind him any longer and he
came back to find us. We were just getting
back on. Fun stuff (maybe not for Leanne)

We also went parasailing. That was kinda cool!
Leanne really liked it.

I got a little queasy when I was waiting on the
boat for our turn. So it wasn't the most thrilling
experience for me. But I'm still glad I did it.

I just don't handle bouncing around on the
waves without any air movement.

We stopped past a place called "Alligator Adventure."
Mom insisted you did not have to pay just to walk
around and look. We did pass through a turnstile,
but no one was there. After thinking about it later we
are pretty sure that somehow we were supposed to pay
and we didn't. We may have inadvertently "snuck in."

I've never seen so many alligators in one place!

Family picture

Everyone

It was a big drive. But we had a wonderful trip.


I'll post more about the summer in the
next few days.