Myrtle Beach, SC in Late Summer

Way to the beach - one of the many ways to get into the water

Art Deco high rise buildings at the shores - it reminds me very much
to Rimini in Italy

The Pier at North Myrtle Beach - not to much activities are going on here anymore, the high season must be over.

Pretty skyline looking up North

Welcome to Myrtle Beach, SC!

We took a ride up there yesterday and enjoyed to look around in Myrtle Beach. We spent time not only at the beach. Myrtle Beach has so much to offer. You can read more about this perfect vacation place below:

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Beach Snaps...

Way out to the beach at Folly's

"High" sand dune

Beach grass in evening light

The pier at Folly's

Wildflowers in the sand

It was the first time I let my good camera at home when we left yesterday the house. It was not planned to go anywhere and sudden we decided to do a ride out to Folly Beach. We both like that beach the best in Charleston.
But luckily, we always have the small 5.1 MP Sony Camera in our car and this snaps here were made with that one....well, that's all.
Happy Friday everyone!

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There Is A Beach and A Lighthouse

You're walking the way to the beach at Hunting Island between beautiful and
high palm trees

The sand is hot and very white. Listen, can you hear the waves rolling gently to the shores?

Et voila - here is your pristine sandy beach you were dreaming about!

And the historic lighthouse, built in 1873, is just steps away from the beach

Hunting Island State Park

is one of the most popular state parks and beach
areas in South Carolina. Hunting Island beach attracts over a million visitors a year. The pristine sandy beach, natural setting and warm Atlantic Ocean
make a perfect getaway. Camping, the historic lighthouse, lagoon,
fishing pier and nature trails. Hunting Island is not just another beach...
it's a nature and wildlife paradise... right here in the USA.

Seabreeze on my skin...

Seabreeze

I saw a ship a sailing on the ocean blue
I ran right down to the ocean side in hopes that it was you
So long ago you left me to sail to a foreign land
But when that ship went sailing by my hopes dropped to the sand
Seabreeze ocean wave bring my lover please
Turn her sails toward my heart and bring her back to me

The rising sun reminds me of the day she had to go
She set her sails to the morning tide and filled my heart with woe
She told me when she left me she'd sail to many shores
But her heart her dreams would always be with the one that she loved so
Seabreeze ocean wave...
Bring her back to me bring her back to me



Seabreeze by Jim Reese

Summer Fun - everywhere!

Yesterday was a hot summer day. We went down to Edisto beach to see how much fun was going one there. I have seen a lot of families with kids playing in the cooling waves, like this two girls here.

While back in the city the kids there were trying to have their own fun with water also - like this boy, jumping high in the cool fountain in the park.

A day in Spring at Folly Beach

Beautiful colors of the water and the sky and some people were already enjoying the sunshine. This is the place to be on a day like this!

A place, where flying kites are not only for little boys...

A place where airplanes meet the clouds...

...and fourteen pelicans are flying over your head...

and you will find some still living shells in the water

and of course, where hubby has to take a closer look to it too - don't worry, we released it back to the sea.

The place also, where palm trees are giving a very tropical look to the scene - I felt almost like back in Key West :-)

...where the palm leafs have very strong colors...

..where black birds are singing in the limbs...

...and on the other side is his neighbor singing too, a brown bird. Can anyone tell me the real names for these little cute birdies?

Do this plant will have some flowers too? I'm pretty sure they'll do, later in the summer - because just now it's "only" springtime.

It's so much fun to spend some time at the beach - and it's big fun to live in Charleston!

Life at the Beach

Contemporary architecture overlooking the ocean

Looking out for shells is big fun for everyone

Summer already in February ? No, no.. kids just cannot wait... :-)
btw, the water was pretty cold!

Fly Seagull fly

So many pictures left....

I have still so many beach scenes and palm photos in my archives left from Key West.

I think and hope you will enjoy them anyway and I have not to write big words about. Beaches are beaches and palms are palms....right? :-)

I just can't get away from my palm tree pictures....LOL...

STOP the Wars on Earth !

I wish to all my readers, visitors and loyal friends a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.
But for the most I wish for all of us: PEACE on this earth and a immediate

STOP of all the wars !!!

My wordless Sunday #8

A visit to the Beach

A visit to the Beach

Higgs Beach in Old Town Key West is a favorite hangout for locals. Although it is probably not the best swimming beach on the island, it has all the other nostalgic charm of a laid back Key West setting. There are beach chair and umbrella rentals available. There is also a bar and restaurant on the beach, volleyball courts, grills for cookouts,
famous sunning pier and free tennis courts.

My Wordless Sunday # 6

North Wind is blowing in paradise

A cold front is moving in today - it's getting COLD in paradise!

Jeans and a warm jacket is what we are wearing just now, no more shorts and flip-flops. A constant wind with wind gusts up to 35 mph and cool temperatures let us freeze.

Palm Trees Waving

Palm trees at Smather's beach - a very peaceful place.

Palm trees waving
in the early morning breeze.
Outlined by
a pearl grey sky.

Beach Flowers - My Wordless Sunday

Tropical Beach Scenes

I'm back to my "good old" Palm pictures again.... The pictures are new, but the subject is "old". And I have to tell you again: I love palm trees!

Single palm at Smather's Beach on a cloudy day

That looks like rain out there on the horizon!

Smather's beach is normally empty on a day like this....

...except a sleeping beach bum who is dreaming there on the bench, probably about some better days he had in the past.

Do you like Pina Colada...

This is what you need, right?
And a "Pina Colada" in your hands.... Cheers...!

Tropical Beach

Tropical beach scene on a gray afternoon