Traveling to Myrtle Beach, SC

My wife and I left for Myrtle Beach, SC at noon today and as we were making our way towards the Interstate realized that this is our first vacation for the last 9 months.  This was partially due to COVID-19 but mainly due to the fact that we just did not want to go anywhere...   Two years ago (2018) we booked passage on Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas, and traveled to Europe where we visited Paris, France; Geneva, Switzerland; and London, England.  

While we really enjoyed our cruise on the World's largest cruise ship, we did not much care for our trip to Europe which started with the confusion at the Charles De Gaulle Airport and continued with the residents of Paris not really caring for Americans.  We visited all the typical tourist sites and enjoyed that but directions were weak and the city itself was dirty and drab.

Once we returned home, we donated our luggage to our Church for a yard sale and used carry bags last year (2019) when we vacationed in Destin, FL and Myrtle Beach, SC.  We realized (both my wife and I) that vacationing in the USA was much better than going overseas...  one concept that caused this to be the case was NO ICE available in Europe when asking for a drink.  Public Restrooms were sparse and something had to be ordered if you wanted to use the restroom in a restaurant.

BUT, what really got us going was that there were NO FREE REFILLS and the cost of everything was about 25%-30% higher in most cases.

We decided quite easily that vacationing in the USA was much preferred over anywhere else and in that vacationing choice, our best area is Myrtle Beach...   our second choice is Destin, FL and if we need to make a third choice, it would be Daytona Beach, FL.

On our way to MB,SC when we stopped to eat at a FAST FOOD, there was only DRIVE THRU available and no one could use the inside restrooms.  If you need to use the REST ROOMS, you need to stop at a State supported REST AREA or a TRUCK STOP...  and, if you stop at the latter, you don't have to buy something in order to use the restrooms.

We stopped for the night at a MOTEL and the first thing that we did was put on gloves and with disinfectant cleaned all the surfaces that we would touch and put the remote for the TV in a baggy.  When we get to MB,SC tomorrow and get into our resort room, we will do the same thing there.

This is going to be our NEW NORMAL...