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:

Helping You Choose Your Ideal South Carolina Vacation Spot

Find your spot on the beach and select from hundreds of oceanfront resorts and hotels in Myrtle Beach, perfect for a quick weekend getaway or summer vacation. With so much to do, it's no wonder Myrtle Beach is such a popular South Carolina vacation destination.

Choose from hundreds of comfortable accommodations, perfect for quick weekend getaways or summertime vacations. Stroll along pristine beaches or gather a group for a friendly volleyball tournament. Get your heart racing with fantastic water sports. Or just enjoy a unique shopping experience at one of the nearby malls, outlets, markets, or specialty shops. A memorable South Carolina beach vacation is yours for all types of travel, including:

* Romantic weekend getaways
* Kid friendly family vacations
* Business conferences and meetings
* Weddings and honeymoon vacations
* Golf vacations
* Additional vacation ideas

Enjoy a memorable vacation experience in Myrtle Beach - in an oasis of tranquility, relaxation,and fun. With 60 miles of sandy beaches, endless shopping, wonderful dining, and plenty of family activities, your Myrtle Beach vacation is sure to be unforgettable.

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My Wordless Sunday #31 in Charleston, SC

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Postcards from Charleston #2

Carriage tours on Kings Street

Flowers, flowers everywhere...

Sight through the fence

Light and shadows - and colorful houses

And peaceful places with inviting benches, this all is Charleston!



Well, we are happy again. The storm is over, moved up North and was not that bad at all, nothing close to that what they were predicting. We got a lot of rain and almost no wind or gusts and here where I'm living it felt like no storm at all, just rain and nothing else.

Coming from Key West I know now how to handle Hurricanes and evacuations and just now I'm crossing my fingers for my friends down there, who HAVE to evacuate from "Ike" coming pretty soon over the island.

While we are preparing for Hurricane Hanna....

While we here in Charleston are preparing for Hurrican Hanna to come tomorrow Friday, making landfall at the Coast of the Carolinas, I'll leave you here with some nice photos from a pretty park in Summerville, SC.

This park is way more beautiful in spring time when everywhere the Azaleas are blooming. That's why has this park also the name "Azalea Park".

There are little ponds with cute sculptures, like this frog.

I love frogs! Should I kiss him now...? :-)

Or this pretty sculpture of the girl with a bird in her hand....

The girl sculpture is overlooking the park area and in the little pond here I have seen many gold fishes swimming around

The bench and the dog - there is a story behind that dog, you can read it on the website link below

Today, Azalea Park features butterfly ponds, an amphitheater,
ornamental bridges, a water garden, artistic
sculptures and gazebos. The Cuthbert Community
Center, built in 1975 and named for former Mayor
Cuthbert, stands in the center of the park. The park
and the mini-gardens within it are usually at their peak
of beauty during the Flowertown Festival

Azalea Park is also the site of the Flowertown Festival, held annually on the first week of April. This event, which features arts & crafts, food, entertainment, rides and commercial booths, draws approximately 300,000 to Summerville.

Spanish Moss

Spanish Moss hanging on a tree - doesn't look like out of a fairytale book?

I have found a very nice lyric to this picture of Spanish moss:



Spanish Moss

Let go darlin’
I can feel the night wind call
Guess I’d better go
I like you more than half as much
As I love your Spanish moss
Spanish moss hangin’ down
Lofty as the southern love we’ve found
Spanish moss
Keeps on followin’ my thoughts around
Georgia pine and ripple wine
Memories of Savannah summertime
Spanish moss
Wish you knew what I was sayin’

So I’m rollin’ north thinkin’
Of the way things might have been
If she and I could have changed it all somehow

Spanish moss hangin’ down
Lofty as the sycamore you’ve found
Spanish moss
Keeps on followin’ my thoughts around
Georgia pine and ripple wine
Kisses mixed with moonshine and red clay
Spanish moss
Wish you knew what I was sayin’

So I’m rollin’ north thinkin’
Of the way things might have been
If she and I could have changed it all somehow

Let go darlin’
I can feel the night wind call
The devil take the cost
I like the way your kisses flow and I love your Spanish moss




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Fort Multrie on Sullivan's Island

Cannons and the Fort

By the entrance to the Fort Multrie Museum

Looking up to the sky

Palmetto tree, the (ugly) lighthouse and the Fort

Fort Sumter is so close, you can almost throw a stone across

Fort Moultrie is the name of a series of forts on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, built to protect the city of Charleston, South Carolina. The first fort, built of palmetto logs, inspired the flag and nickname (Palmetto State) of South Carolina.



History
The fort was unnamed and not yet complete when Admiral Sir Peter Parker and nine British warships attacked it on June 28, 1776, near the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.The soft palmetto logs did not crack under bombardment but rather absorbed the shot; there were even reports of cannon balls actually bouncing off of the walls of the structure. In any case, Charleston was saved from capture, and the fort was named for the commander in the battle, William Moultrie, and the locals, to this day celebrate 'Carolina Day' to commemorate the bravery of the defenders of the fort, the 2nd South Carolina Regiment. The fort was eventually captured by the British in the siege of Charleston. (See the southern theater in the article titled American Revolution for more information).

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Let's go to the beach....

It seems that they had big fun playing in the water and even not noticing at all that "big boat" in the back slowly gliding by.... Let's go to the beach!



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