MYRTLE BEACH, SC APRIL 22 - 29, 2013

Our campsite at Myrtle Beach State Park

Liz on the beach

New boardwalk at MB..15 blocks long

Another view of the boardwalk

More boardwalk

Another section of the boardwalk

Night view of the Ferris Wheel from the main drag..very BIG!

Lunch at Loco Gecko..

A visit to Murrell's Inlet

Lunch at Wicked Tuna...on the dock at Murrell's Inlet

A pelican eying us as we walked the pier after lunch

Alligator at Huntington Beach State Park

Brook Green Gardens...beautiful gardens on former site of rice plantations

Horse sculpture at entrance of Brook Green Gardens...beautiful sculptures throughout the gardens

"Diana of the Chase" sculpture Bronze 1922 and me under the oak tree

Beautiful oak trees on a garden walkway

"Fountain of the Muses" Poet, Musician, Architect, and Painter

"Shark & Diver" Bronze 1952

"Reaching" Bronze 1996

"The End of the Trail" Bronze 1915

"Boy & Chickens"  this one is for you Brooklyn

"Dancer" Bronze 1915

Butterfly House at the gardens

So many beautiful butterflies and flowers

Appropriate place to land

This butterfly loved my purse!

Canal ride on pontoon boat to view the former rice fields

BEAUFORT, NC (pronounced 'bowfurt') APRIL 17 -21, 2013

Our campground

Our campsite

At the visitor's center....crabs are HUGE here!

Walking to Pine Knoll Shores at Emerald Isle

Liz on the beach at Pine Knoll Shores

Maritime Museum in Beaufort

In 1718 Blackbeard's ship, The Queen's Revenge, ran aground as it entered the inlet at Beaufort.  The ship sunk.  In 1996 the sunken ship was discovered and since then every October they have been recovering artifacts from the shipwreck and restoring and then placing them in the Maritime Museum.  Very interesting exhibit.

Queen Ann's Revenge shipwreck location.

Short history of Blackbeard

Gary & Blackbeard..more to come

Lunch at Spouter's Inn in Beaufort...great she crab soup!

Obviously you can park any which way in Beaufort!

London Double Decker tour bus

Naturally we have to sit on top!

Hammock House..supposedly where Blackbeard stayed..also used in the weather beater paint commercials.

Friendly Beaufort residents waving to the bus tour

Small brown bldg to the left is the original kitchen of the house

Tour's over!

Sign in the cemetery

Picture in cemetery

Clawson's --here since 1905..local favorite

Eating at Clawsons

Boardwalk in Beaufort...it was voted Yacht capital of the US

Took a little side trip to New Bern..had lunch at Stingray's..reminded us of Doug's Fish Fry in Cortland

New Bern is the Birthplace of Pepsi (originally called Brad's Drink)

Inside Bradham's pharmacy where he created pepsi

Lots of history in New Bern

The Stanly home referred in the above sign

Fort Macon on the Beaufort Inlet..used during Civil War, Spanish Am War, WWI and WWII

View of the interior of the fort from the south wall

Large beautiful beach at the Fort

This is the gateway to the Outer Banks...this is where you catch the ferry to Ocracoke..approx. 2 1/2 hour ride

VERY WINDYday here..40-50 mph...I can hardly stand up!

Crane in flight

Rough ocean waters at ferry terminal