September 11, 2013
Ocean Lakes Family Campground, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
“Where would you like to go”?
“What part of ‘the beach’ don’t you understand”?
This is an exchange that Geri and I have whenever the topic
of planning our RV travels comes up. So, when we decided to do the East Coast
this fall, there had to be a beach stop involved. When we found out that Pat
and Al were planning a week’s vacation with their friends near Myrtle Beach
over Labor Day, we started zeroing in. When I figured out how to make the dates
work out, a plan was born.
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| Fully deployed... |
The crew was already here when we arrived. It was a
relatively long driving day, at least by our standards these days. We got an
early start before 8:00 AM, but bad planning on my part had us on I-495 around
Washington during the morning rush. We toughed it out and were soon on I-95
headed south. After looping around Richmond, we were soon in North Carolina and
eventually South Carolina. After a quick fuel stop, we headed east on SC-38 to
US-501 then SC-544, which delivered us right to our campground on the beach.
Ocean Lakes Family Campground is a huge place, with well
over 3,000 sites. “Only” 800-900 or so are for us “transients”; the rest are
annual lease lots that could have anything from a small camper to a huge
multi-story house on them. We’ve been here before, although this time we stayed
further away from the beach, saving over $200 in the process. Of course, we
then traded the savings for a week’s rental on a golf cart. Hmmm…
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| Turtles enjoying the fountain immediately behind our site |
So, we developed a routine. Relax in the morning, beach in
the afternoon, dinner, cruise the park with the pups until dark. Plus or minus,
this was our week. Pat and Al and Lynne and Mike headed back to Connecticut on
Saturday, so we had a nice dinner at their golf club on Friday night. We tried
one of the local seafood places on Wednesday, giving us the opportunity to get
ready for tomorrow’s travel day.
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| Geri and Pat negotiating the waves |
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| "Now I'm happy"! |
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| Drinks before dinner at The Club |
We have realized that we’re a bit early in our meandering
southward. It’s been hot and humid and we’ve had the air conditioning running
more or less nonstop since Washington, even while we were driving (using the
generator). Bugs haven’t been too bad, and we’ve been able to sit out several
evenings. Now, we’re just hoping that autumn catches up with us!
As always, feel free to click on any image to enlarge...
1 comment:
You guys are having a marvelous summer!
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