Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

We've been here for three days but it's been pretty much rest and beach time. Except for today,
This morning we drove to Brookgreen Garden just a few miles from here. It's a national historic monument which was started by the Huntington's to display her sculptures. They combined 3 plantations for a total of 9000 acres and then built gardens for outdoor display of the sculptures.

Sculptures like these were everywhere we looked. We walked about 4 miles on the grounds and there was always something new around the next turn.









The trees in the garden were just beautiful. The moss dripped off them as you can see and it made us feel like we were really in the South.








This is the South Carolina Low Country and it has lots of water. The plantations here grew rice and not tobacco like Virginia. We took a pontoon boat ride on the canals and saw lots of water and vegetation. Also, we saw some Alligators. Interesting to see them in the wild and natural habitat.


This is the Myrtle Beach boardwalk area. The area also known as the Grand Strand is wonderful and it's easy to see why this area is the east coast vacation destination.
Off to Charleston tomorrow morning. Just a two hour trip and we'll be there a week. More from there.