Relaxing at the Beach...

View from our RV

After a month of traveling and visiting we were tired and ready to relax for a while. Where better than the beach? We've been in Myrtle beach for three weeks now at Pirateland Family Camping Resort - 50 yards from the ocean! It is a campground I visited in another life about 25 years ago. I liked it then and I like it now. It is a mad house of activity in the summer season, but quiet and peaceful in the off season. Campsites are level and wide and the beachfront sites have a covered shelter over the picnic table. It is gated, with all the usual amenities and activities but the primary draw, at least for us, is the ocean. We can hear it from our RV and walk to it in under a minute!

Our campsite

We just celebrated Thanksgiving. Since it was just the two of us, we went out to eat and had a pleasant meal. There was a Thanksgiving potluck here at the campground, but we opted to celebrate alone, just the two of us. Only downside is, of course, no leftovers!

We have really been relaxing...going out to eat a few times a week, reading, sleeping in, walking on the beach. Maggie and Ryan romped on the beach for the first time in their lives. Maggie seems to love it, walking along the shore sniffing everything; you should have seen her jump when a wave lapped up onto her feet! That water is cold in November! Ryan, on the other hand, seems unimpressed, he walks and sniffs a bit and is ready to return home. He's like a little old man but, at 14, guess that's what he is!

We did take a day trip two hours up the road to Wilmington. I needed to get to NC to change my name on my driver's license and it was a perfect excuse to see my daughter and grandkids. The DMV was painless...no wait. Had a wonderful visit and home cooked meal with Becca, Davis, Katie, and Jackson and met their newest addition...
Spike Diesel the bearded dragon! I'm not a fan of critters but I did manage to hold him in my lap. He's kind of cute in an odd sort of way!

Jack relaxing...

The weather was beautiful when we arrived and I got in a lot of beach time. It turned cold and rainy the week leading up to Thanksgiving and we put those heaters we bought in West Virginia to good use! We're looking forward to pleasant weather again for our last week here.

We have one week left here. Going to visit the outlets and play a bit of miniature golf, maybe see a few tourist attractions and relax a bit more.





I am happiest at the ocean and would hate to leave if our next stop wasn't Wilmington. We'll be there a month...through the holidays...ten minutes from Becca, Davis, Katie, and Jackson, ten minutes from Wrightsville Beach, close to our favorite restaurants. It will be our first Christmas in the RV and as husband and wife. Looking forward to it!