Getting Ready for Myrtle Beach

My wife and I typically plan to go to Myrtle Beach, SC at least twice a year...  once in May and once in September...  before and after the summer crowds and the hot humid weather patterns.

 We usually stay in a resort condo in South MB which seems to be a little cheaper than North Myrtle Beach.

The condo is always OCEAN FRONT with a balcony, living room/dinning area, full kitchen, bathroom, washer and dryer, and bedroom in the back.

There are numerous places to go, but we like to visit: the coastal grand and Myrtle Beach malls, Tanger Outlet, Barefoot Landing, Broadway at the Beach, and the Market Commons.

While we eat breakfast and lunch at the Condo, we ALWAYS go out for dinner but not at the places that charge you an arm and a leg to eat there.  Red Lobster is a favorite of ours, along with Margaritaville, Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse, and God Father's Pizza.

We always go to God Father Pizza and Red Lobster...  but, we also go to  Subway once or twice to save money.  The other 2-3 nights are up for grabs but we are looking for places where we will not spend over $50 for two...  sometimes this is hard to find...  however, we are more interested in being at the beach than in eating at a fancy, expensive restaurant.

At least one night, my wife will not eat a dinner, instead eating COLD STONE ice cream instead.  On those nights I eat at Subway.

Sometimes, we eat at the Mall at one of those Japanese or Chinese places.  I love the way either one of the cook the rice.

During the day, at least my wife, is out on the beach no later than 9am and refuses to come in until 4/4:30 after the lifeguard puts up the chairs and umbrellas.  Usually, they let her sit in the chair until she is the last one to get.

I join her about 10am and may go in for a couple of hours around noon, returning at 2pm and remaining there until she is ready to leave.  I can only stay down there if there is a wind blowing, otherwise the humidity and heat make me sick.

Due to my cancer treatments, I am not supposed to be getting a lot of direct sunlight.  I always take with me UV rated long sleeve shirts and pants and sometimes wear them and sometimes I don't.

When I am down there sitting under the umbrella, I will either write poetry or listen to an audiobook on my Samsung tablet.  The book that I downloaded to listen to this time is about training dragon riders.

The night before we are scheduled to leave, we pack up the car, and sometimes we try to get away by 5/6:00am so that we can be home around noon.  By leaving early we avoid the leaving Myrtle Beach traffic but we run into normal traffic along the way back which can be heavy when driving through some rather large cities.  We will take a snack with us and stop once for gas and to use the restrooms.

Of the 6.5 hours, I drive all of it except for 2 hours that my wife drives in the middle to give me a break.