2021 - South Carolina - Day 03 - Off to Myrtle Beach.

 Today we got up and got going around 9:00 AM.  We were out the door by 9:30 AM heading towards Myrtle Beach.  We first needed to get some breakfast.  So we found a place called Plantation Cafe and Deli.  It was a good breakfast stop.  Once we stopped for some gas, we headed north towards Myrtle Beach.  But as we drove, Denise and Ilene decided they wanted to find a plantation.  The drive to Myrtle Beach takes about 4 hours.  But Denise and Ilene found the Hampton Plantation along our route.  It was a pretty cool stop.  The plantation had a nice big master house but also had lots of stuff showing reminders of those who were enslaved there.  It was a green grassy area where they used to grow indigo followed by rice in later years.  It was pretty buggy though.  So buggy that Ranger Mike donated some of his bug spray to our cause.

We arrived at Myrtle Beach around 4:15 PM.  Our hotel\resort is pretty nice.  Upon registering we asked for rooms together and on the top floors.  Well they put us on the top floor which would be ok if the corridors were on the inside.  But they are not.  And being a bit afraid of heights, well, I go down hugging the walls as I walk down the corridor.  It is so high.  We have a partial view of the ocean from the balcony.    But not sure I can go out on the balcony....so scary.

For dinner, we drove to a place that a friend had recommended to us.  It was called Carolina Roadhouse.  the food was really good so the recommendation was awesome.  Funny...both couples order the same exact things...double order of ribs with an extra baked potato.  The salad with the meal was so good...they put the kitchen sink in the salad.  Really good.

After, we drove down to the boardwalk and checked it out.  It did seem a bit scary down there.  I don’t know, maybe we were just cold.  We took a few pictures, but jumped back in our car and headed back to the hotel there to check out all the pools and things they have here.  We also took a quick stroll down the beach.   The hotel is the Coral Beach Resort and sits right on the ocean.

Tomorrow we plan to just have lazy beach day.  But we will see!

Some pictures:

The home at the Hampton Plantation.  George Washington once stayed in it.  And part of the Revolutionary War was fought here and the Underground Railroad passed through here.

Ranger Mike giving us some background on the plantation....

The back of the mansion on the plantation....

The owners and their slaves sitting on the porch.  I’ll let you guess which is which!  :-)

Peeping im’s .... Tim and Kim peeking through the windows of the plantation mansion.

On the beach at Myrtle Beach.....

The Washington oak tree on the plantation....named after George Washington’s visit there.

Our hotel.  If you go to the top floor and go 3 rooms in from left to right on the wing furthest away from the beach, that is our room.  They call it a partial ocean view room.

Enjoying being together on beaches...

We finally look small....funny chairs on the boardwalk at Myrtle Beach.

Ending our night each night playing cards.  The Wayment’s smoked the Tiner’s tonight in Five Crowns.