Matt and I took our first vacation to the beach in several years!! We only stayed for 3 nights, but at least we got to see the ocean! It had been way too long! I got us a great rate in Myrtle Beach through expedia.com. Neither of us had ever been to Myrtle Beach, so we thought it would be a fun adventure. It turned out that our cheap room was quite wonderful! It was small and your typical hotel room, but had an awesome view! We decided that we really liked Myrtle and will plan another trip there! Our only complaint was with their restaurants!! What is up with all the ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFETS? Matt sort of has a "Buffet Phobia" and I don't really enjoy them either. We did find some really good seafood at Murrell's Inlet. On our last night there, we ate at this beautiful oceanfront restaurant called Damons. It was an amazing view! Only problem....no seafood! They specialized in ribs! What oceanfront restaurant serves ribs??? Other than eating, we spent most of our time out on the fishing pier. The pier was part of our "resort," but a lot of the locals had fishing passes. They said that they come out there every single day to fish!! Lots of Spanish Mackrel were caught and several baby sharks. Our favorite part was watching them clean the fish and throw the "scraps" back into the ocean. As soon as the scraps hit the water, sharks swooped up and started circling waiting on more to be thrown in. It was really pretty scary to think that they were so close to the shore. These weren't little sharks either! I've posted a video below of them. Our hotel lined up with the Myrtle Beach airport, so we also got to watch lots and lots of planes take off. My favorite part of the plane viewing was at night when the military cargo planes and jets would take off. They flew over about every 30 minutes and were so low that they barely cleared the hotels. We tried to get some video of them too, but since they were taking off at night, you can't really see it. If you are looking for a new vacation spot this year, we would definitely suggest Myrtle Beach (especially if you like buffets!)
Our cozy and cheap little hotel room at the Springmaid Resort!
The view from our balcony.
The view again.
I took this picture for Matt. He really liked this guys shirt!
Taking time for a little photo op on the pier.
The BEST crabcakes, cole slaw, and bread I have EVER had! They served little hushpuppy looking things before dinner, but they tasted like little balls of funnel cake! This place was absolutely delicious!!! It was in Murrell's Inlet, about 12 miles outside of Myrtle Beach.
Sunset view from the pier.
Matt posing with the planes at Warbird Park.
Me posing with the "Dawg Hawg" at Warbird Park.
Sharks!!!!
Sharks!!!
More sharks!! This one was much smaller though. The guy was so excited to catch it!
Check out the coloring in the sky. The left side is orange/red and the right side is blue. It was really wild looking!
I enjoyed going to all the little tacky beach shops. I asked Matt if he wanted to go anywhere, and this was his pick. The Discover Mills Bass Pro is much nicer, but it was still fun to go check this one out!
Our last day sitting out on the pier and catching some rays!
Our last night at the beach! Sad times!
Here is the video of the sharks. Everyone gathered around when the fishermen started to clean their fish. The sharks did too!
Here is the video of the military cargo planes flying over us. You can only see their lights and hear them, since it was dark out.
