Well... we appear to have finally succumbed! The now infamous 'Winter of '07/08' did it!! We have decided to start the move towards becoming "Snowbirds". This past spring we took friends up on their offer to pop down to Myrtle Beach and share their oceanside condo for a week. We loved it! Too many restaurants to count... miles of white beach and many fishing piers stretching out into the ocean... side trips to Charleston and other interesting and historical places... checking out area plantations and soaking up their history and beauty... morning and evening walks along the beach and afternoon dips in the pool... and finally, disgustingly cheap wine and liquor! SO... we decided to start out by booking a month in Surfside Beach - right next door to Myrtle Beach - in fact, merely a 5-10 minute walk along the beach from where we will be staying. We have booked March 2009 and if it works out (which it will undoubtedly do) then we shall consider thinking about 3-4 months away from that horrible white stuff.

Here are some photos from our March 2008 adventure in Myrtle Beach. I have also posted some shots of the accommodations we have reserved for March 2009. We had booked a two week cruise in the Caribbean for February 2009 - to see the islands we missed in our 2007 cruise - but have cancelled that in favour of something different - current thinking is a couple of weeks cruising from Papeet or Bora Bora to Australia or New Zealand later in 2009 or early 2010. Hey! We're gonna do it if health and money hold out... we're 'retired' - right?

Photos from March 2008 Myrtle Beach trip.

looking south from the balcony	looking north from the balcony	looking down from the balcony	Jackie checking out the view
sunrises out of the ocean	Jackie enjoying the "Lazy River"	Outdoor swimming pool	Historic building in Charleston
Horsecart ride in Charleston	Charleston 'century' building	Fort Sumter where the Civil War started	USS Yorktown, decommissioned memorial
Checking out the underwater crowd	Yours truly on the balcony	Charleston's infamous harbour slave trail	Jackie at the Myrtle Beach Aquarium
Myrtle Beach fishing piers looking south	Whoops! Sorry! Accudental 'zoom' shot..	Nice flowers at Myrtle Beach State Park	Jackie, Mel, Joanne at Boone Hall Plantation
Beautiful Boone Hall flowers	Old slave quarters at Boone Hall	Jackie checking out a slave hut	Moonlit beach at night

Photos of Booked 2009 'digs at Surfside Beach SC.

Balcony overlooking the beach	Comfortable dining area	Living room area	Another shot of livingroom
Great beach just steps away	Main bedroom	Jaccuzzi bath to relax in	Equipped incl dishwasher/microwave
Another shot of kitchen & bar	Fireplace in living room	Guest bedroom	Swim in the ocean or pool

It's gonna be fun being 'Snowbirds'