Back from the beach

I’ve been AWOL from the blog because we’ve been on vacation, and the condo where we stayed didn’t have Internet access. I drove over to the nearest Atlanta Bread Company a few times, but was online just long enough to check e-mail. So, I’m back from Myrtle Beach today and thought I’d share a few pictures to relive the fun (and warm — it’s cold here!) time we had.

My father-in-law has a timeshare in Florida, and this year he traded his week for a week in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Hubby and I went on our honeymoon in Myrtle Beach about 13 1/2 years ago (a few months after we got married and right after we graduated from college), so it was fun to go back. After my father-in-law drove down to our house, we hit the road last Saturday and drove to Spartanburg, S.C. We’d planned to stay in Asheville, N.C., but it’s leaf-peeping season along the Blue Ridge Parkway and consequently what few rooms that were available were incredibly high. We arrived in North Myrtle Beach Sunday afternoon. Here are a couple of views from our condo’s balcony.

The week included walks on the beach, searching for seashells, mini golf, sitting in the sun reading for fun, and way too much food. I actually did a little work the first couple of days, editing my latest YA so I could send it to Mary for a read-through. But then it was just kick back and have fun time. Here we are hamming it up outside Tiki Jim’s T-shirt shop at the Barefoot Landing shopping area.

One day we went for a walk on the beach and hubby decided to run out to stand on one of the drain pipes when the waves went out. He didn’t quite plan on soaking his tennis shoes.

Toward the end of the week, we went for a walk on the Cherry Grove Pier. Despite a chilly wind, there were tons of people fishing. And off the end of the pier, we saw some shrimp boats plying the waters to provide fresh catch for the area’s many seafood buffets and markets.

In addition to putting T.M., then a heart and and “s”, S.M. in the sand, I indulged in a little beach promo for the Wet Noodle Posse.

It was a great, relaxing week, but now it’s time to get back to work and deal with the fact that winter is around the corner and I can’t step out the door to walk barefoot on the beach. Ah, well, maybe I’ll become a huge mega bestseller and can buy one of those lovely beach homes I saw.

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Whedonverse Quote of the Day:

“No, no, no, no. No speaking up. That way leads to madness and sweaty palms.” — Willow, Buffy

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