Norton travels, USA and beyond: Myrtle Beach, SC.

Myrtle Beach is a very nice place for Spring Break or a summer vacation. But we hear it gets very crowded, so it was nice to be there before all the traffic hits. It would have been nicer to not be having below normal temperatures, but we enjoyed it anyway. Our RV park was right on the beautiful beach called the Grand Strand, and we took long walks along it every day. Dogs are allowed too, so Okie really enjoyed it even though he couldn’t catch a seagull. I collected lots of nice shells that were in abundance along the beach. We also enjoyed walking the boardwalk and having lunch there. We also walked the malls and played a round of miniature golf (there are about a dozen mini golf places to choose from). We avoided the many seafood buffets and dinner theaters.

On Thursday we drove to Fayetteville, NC, home of Fort Bragg. There is an excellent Paratrooper & Special Ops Museum that we enjoyed today. Tomorrow we head to Raleigh to visit my sister, brother-in-law and niece.

If you know me very well, you’ll know that I like numbers. So here are some from our trip so far. We’ve been out for 17 weeks, through 12 states and stayed in 24 RV parks. We’ve traveled 4060 miles with the trailer, and about that many more exploring the areas we’ve visited. In my spare time I’ve read 18 books and we’ve watched the first season of “Castle” and “Parenthood”. Season 2 of each is waiting at my sister’s, thanks to Amazon. It is now warmer in Utah than here, so we’re hoping spring gets to the east coast soon.