We’re even back on the same site as our last visit. Sunset with a family of ducks crossing the street in front of our home!
Yes, we are back! We can’t believe it’s our sixth time since we began our Adventure Travels. There is something comforting about returning to a favorite place. When we started our recreation vehicle (RV) travels in September 2013, we really had no expectations (other than adventure) and no real goals. Well, maybe a lofty goal of visiting all 48 states and parts of Canada!
We are a bit envious when we look at the fabulous travels of two of our favorite hiking bloggers, The Lowe’s RV Adventures (their latest update: They are celebrating five years on the road and “We’ve explored 45 states and 6 Canadian provinces during our journey since March, 2012, crossing the U.S./Canadian border 20 times.”) and Oh The Places They Go, who started their travels in 2010. I’m not sure if they count their states, etc. But let’s just say they have been a lot of places! There are a few others, but these two couples are really living the ultimate full-timer RV hiker/adventure dream.
But then, I am sure there are many who are envious of our lifestyle! The grass is always greener on the other side, or better yet, what does the Bible say?
Proverbs 14:30 A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.
Ok, we are not envious, let’s say we admire their travels. And we know people admire ours!
We are staying on the south-eastern part of the U.S. for now, just because. While we want to see new places and experience new things, we find ourselves returning to two places which are really the ultimate for us in our quest to find adventure, fun and relaxation as we continue our full-time Adventure Travels. One is at the beach, Myrtle Beach, and one near mountains, Mt. Airy, NC (we’ve never written a post about how awesome it is. 😞)
If you are new to following our blog (and thank you to all who are encouraging us on by keeping up with our blog), here are the few posts about our previous times here in Myrtle Beach:
- Our very first time in our recreational vehicle, in October 2013. Wouldn’t you know some of our first travels were to the beach! We stayed in the Ocean Lakes Campground which appears to be the largest beach campground. Maybe too large for us….
- The last time we were here, we wrote a number of posts.
- The most popular one we’ve written, Horses on Myrtle Beach!
Why do we love it here so much? It’s all about the beach! Our site is just yards away from it, a short walk and the beach in front of this campground is the best one we’ve EVER found for long walks. In fact, we can walk five miles and have nearly each day we are here. We also are next to the Myrtle Beach State Park which offers restrooms, a store, food, and a pier.
Using Map My Walk app
Sadly, we are “hemmed” in a little bit at the beginning of the walk and at the 2 1/2 mile mark where we turn around, otherwise, we’d probably go farther. The term is called “overflow” water or “over spill.” Since we are into our walks for exercise, we wear shoes and the water temp is too cold to walk through it at this time of the year!
The first thing we do when we arrive, after setting up, is getting the tide charts so we can plan our 5 mile walking schedule. Yep, we are able to walk 5 miles on this fabulous beach daily!
The day we arrived, March 2, 2016, it was a long travel day, over 300 miles and 6 hours. We decided to push it to have an extra day here. I really didn’t think we would do much after setting up, but we checked the tides and guess what? It was low enough of a tide so we walked 3 miles. Phew, we needed it and slept great our first night here.
It was a cool 50 degrees so we bundled up! The sunsets here are amazing!
The first few days were were here, the daily highs were in the low 60s (15.55 C) and the lows hit about 37 F (2.22 C). But every day it has warmed up and now it really feels like spring. We are no longer wearing our winter gear (as of March 10).
The tide is receding.
I’ve tried getting a few pictures of high tide so you can see how the beach disappears, but we just have a hard time being on the beach at that time. I only have the above one and this one:
Use your imagination and see the water/tide line.
Then compare the beach to these pictures:
And finally, we like the diversity of this beach. It changes with every tide! Close to our site, the beach is almost always shell free. When we first arrived, there were a number of shells, then they all washed away. The other day, there were oodles of shells!
And now that I’ve made you wish you were here, here is a bit of the beach for you to enjoy. First is about a minute long video as we walk to the beach from our motorhome. And then a 40 second clip of just the waves and beach!
And here are the waves as you listen!
As I sit here typing this, I am listening to the waves gently slapping the beach. And we hear them when we go to sleep and when we wake up. And now, it’s time to hit the beach for our daily walk.
Next up, what a blessing RVillage is on our journey as we wrap up our time in Myrtle Beach!
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