Life's a Beach...

Or so I wish...

I LOVE the beach... I LOVE, LOVE the beach... the sand between my toes, the sound of crashing waves, the splash of water up around my ankles (water was too cold to go any deeper this time)...

Coach (aka my husband) and I were able to escape this past weekend and take a mini-vacation. We had a few days off of school and we needed a break!!! Two of our friends from church came along with us...

Allow me to take you on vacation with us...

So we headed south with a mission...

Our first stop was at a winery... but we missed the tour... and I forgot to take a picture of the cute little bistro... so...

We drove about a mile up the road from the winery to witness... first hand... a must see... the World's Largest Frying Pan... how could we not?!?it looked like they had it covered... I guess for winter... there were big-ol-bumble bees swarming everywhere! and it smelled like burnt grease...


The guys were thrilled... let me tell ya...

Then we continued south towards Wilmington...


trying to park was interesting... we found a pay-to-park lot. We parked and followed the signs to figure out where to pay. We found a big metal box. The directions said to fold up dollar bills and stick them into the slot with the correlating number (where you parked). That seemed a little shady so we went and found a meter instead. We walked around for a while... mainly down by the river. That evening we stayed in a very classy joint. Can't you tell my the glassless table top and chairs with no bottoms??? This was very unique patio furniture. I think Martha Stewart must have done the decorating.
(Let's just say it was the cheapest we could find in Wilmington)

One good thing offered in Wilmington was diner at the Olive Garden... my fave! :-)

After all the 'fun' we had in the Wilmington area, we headed on down to Myrtle Beach. We got there around noon on Sunday... so we had some time to kill before we could check in to our resort.

We decided to lay out first and get some sun while it was out... forecast was for rain later in the day. After burning for about an hour... and yes- i got burnt... we took a walk and made it down to one of the piers. We had lunch at a little joint by where the old Pavillion use to be (sad that it is gone).

Later that evening we went to play Miniature Golf- aka Putt-Putt- at "Captian Hooks". Then on to dinner at Crabby Mikes in Surfside, SC. Kevin was proud of his mad ice-cream cone skills.

Well... the rest of the trip... well... was the beach! We had a great time enjoying the warm weather and staying in our timeshare. (yes- we have a timeshare... actually... three... but that's another story for another day... and to think... they tried to get us to buy more!...grrr)

Here are some random 'beach' pictures...

Last but not least... I have SOME MORE PICTURES!!!

Here are some pics of our 'home' resort. (but we can go to any other Wyndham resort or FairShare Plus resort)...

We actually stayed in a 3 bedroom condo... and there were only 4 of us. We tried to get several others to go but they were unable to. :-( so next time, if I ask you to go to the beach... here is what you are missing if you don't go...

*This of course in the master bed and bath.*

ok- ok- more pictures :-)

This is one of the pools. It is between the 3rd and 2nd tower. There is another pool between the 2nd and 1st tower... it is one of those mirage pools...

Two lazy rivers...
view from the living room window in our room...



Coach was tired of me takin' pics... this is one of the other bedrooms... with 2 double beds... the 3rd bedroom had a king bed like the master...

We have access to many GOOD vacation deals because we own timeshares... especially last minute (if you are flexible)... need a vacation??... ask me and I will see what I can find for you... how does DIRT CHEAP for a whole week sound?!? with up to 4 people?!? i can hook you up!!!

Life's A Beach!

So... My mom came down to visit last weekend. This was the first time she had been down to NC since we bought our house last January. Yeah- it's been awhile! :-)

She said she would come down to visit under one condition.... she wanted to walk on the beach and feel the waves. I didn't have any complaints about this suggestion.

We got up early Saturday and drove down to Fort Fisher, NC.

The gazebo. Beautiful Fort Fisher.

Looking for food.

Having fun with our shadows.

The kite people.

Welp- there ya have it. Our day trip to the beach. Wish you were there, huh!
FYI- the last picture is not us (duh). My mom and I were minding our business, just chillin on Carolina Beach. We were the only ones on the beach for a good half mile in either direction. That's when the kite people showed up. It started with two ladies, mid forties maybe, walking the beach pulling a kite as they went. They past us once. Then apparently needed to go back from where they were coming from. They passed us a second time. This time however, they saw a guy who looked as though he was about to launch his kite (right beside of us). It was one of those with two handles. Impressive, I know! (haha) Being nice, GOOD kite people, they decided to stop and help him (right beside of us). Before you know it, the ladies are on one side of us and the guy is on the other. The kite is not in the mood to go on flight so it repeatedly crashes back onto the sand (right beside of us). We had to duck several times so not to be decapitated by the kite string. Did I mention that all of this was taking place RIGHT BESIDE OF US... WITH NO ONE ELSE FOR MILES! Needless to say, but you can only handle that for so long. We gave up and decided to head to dinner.

He never did get the kite in the air.