Myrtle Beach

Got the opportunity to visit a state I hadn't yet! I think I have now been to every state on the east coast with the exception of Georgia!

This time it was to sunny South Carolina, and Myrtle Beach!

The resort we stayed at, right on the beach:

It was B-e-a-u-tiful!! Perfect weather while we were there!

Had to watch where you walked on the beach, there were jellyfish periodically washed up:

One of our many strolls along the beach:

Suits were on everyday ☺

Morning walk along the beach! I could get used to waking up to that ☺

They actually got me onto the Skywheel...it's like a GIANT climate controlled Ferris wheel. At the peak you are 20 stories up! I am terrified of heights, I seriously wanted to jump off as soon as they closed the doors and we started to move...

I held on for dear life!

A view near the top:

We stayed 'til it was dark, it's lit up with over a million lights! All different colors, it was quite a show.

View from the balcony off our room, and the hot tub which we were in everyday! Chlorine totally ruined the bottom of my suit, and I didn't even go in the pool :-p

We collected ALOT of shells, and I got my mom her bag of beach sand ☺

Also went to a couple mini golf courses...we each got some hole in ones!

Couldn't skip the Aquarium!!

Horseshoe crabs...

...and their "undergarments"

A smidge of the coral reef, it was breathtaking, I don't watch fish, but I could of stood there all day....pictures don't do it justice.

Eel

And scratch one off my bucket list!! They had a "tunnel"!!! We had fish and sharks swimming directly over our heads!! LOVED IT!

live jellyfishes, they were teeny...and so pretty ♥

lots of rays...

you were able to go and pet 'em

We got Beepa into Hooters! It was her and I's first time ☺

Us with our waitress

View of the sunset, out on the balcony....

This was just a portion of the pics we took.

Thank you Aunt Donna, Katelyn, and Beepa, LOVED my mini-vacation!!

Outer Banks Adventure

Vicki finally made it to NC for her vacation!! This is just some of the hundreds of pictures we took...

It didn't take us long and we had decided to get tattoos!! Yes, real tattoos. Though I am terrified of needles, I finally sucked it up and got one! With everything I went through I had been seriously considering getting one for awhile now.

(mine would be the red)

Day 1:

The next day we were off to the Outer Banks!! Music was blaring as we were zippin' down the road...

...so excited!

Made a pit stop and sampled some Fried Green Tomatoes for the first time! They were delish! ☺
...also tried some cheddar...
...and apple fries, YUM...after all the junk I ate this week, no more eating for awhile :-p
When we saw the Piggly Wiggly, we had to stop!

After 5+ hours on the road, we arrived safely at our hotel for some much needed sleep!

Day 2:

Started off our day by going to the beach, just across the street from our hotel!

The wind was so strong that day we were literally getting sand-blasted! ouch

We collected lots of sea shells.

Followed this lil' guy for awhile...

Then we headed on over to the Wright Brothers National Memorial...

We could see the monument from our room.

It was SUPER windy!! Hence my demonstration...

...not good on the hair :-p

...Vicki holding on to the memorial for support, there were wind advisories all day...

...off of the huge dune, was the statue replica of that famous first flight...

...each granite marker shows the exact spot all four flight attempts landed...

The rest of our day was spent resting and hiding in our room from the possible storms/tornadoes coming. Luckily we just got a lil' rain and that was it. Thankfully the next day the wind was down to a small breeze!

Day 3:

Before heading home we headed further down the coast and saw the infamous Cape Hatteras Lighthouse...

The lighthouse was huge (it's the tallest in America) and just breathtaking ☺

Then one more stop at a random beach.

Some people drove on to the beach and were fishing, others were surfing...
One last look...

Had a FANTASTIC time!!! Hope to do it again! ☺