Thursday, Mar 28, 2018. Day 35 of our snowbird vacation.

A sunny but cool day. Where did February go?

After breakfast we took off for Oak Island, NC to visit our friends Tim & Elaine Hunt. Tim & Elaine were Angie's neighbors before I met her, and have been friends of both of us ever since.

They have a nice cottage a few blocks from the ocean. I guess it might be considered small by today's standards, but it has four bedrooms and two bathrooms, more than enough for visiting kids and grandkids. 

We got there about 11 AM and left at 4:00 PM, but the time flew by.

In between, Elaine made a wonderful lunch.

It was a great day!

The last winter weekend 2018 at Myrtle is coming up!

 

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Wednesday, Feb 28, 2018. Day 34 of our snowbird vacation.

Another rainy and cool day.

Angie went to water aerobics and I did my back stretches followed by a soak in the hot tub.It would have been a good day to go to the movies but we couldn't find a movie we were interested in playing in Myrtle Beach.

Angie did laundry and read and I worked on my Polish and read.We get TCM and we watched part of "Mame". 

After dinner Angie went to Snowbird cards and I stayed in and watched "Bridge over the River Kwai" - a pretty good movie.

A lot of the snowbirds are heading home (we are leaving Myrtle Beach for Beufort on Monday).

Tomorrow is supposed to be nice and we're going to visit Tim & Elaine Hunt - some old Raleigh friends in Oak Island Beach, NC.

Tuesday, Feb 27, 2018. Day 33 of our snowbird vacation.

A sunny but cool & windy day - a good day to hit the road exploring.

Angie went to her exercise class in the morning, and I did my back exercises and then soaked in the hot tub.

We realized that we had not had any southern barbecue yet, so we headed over to Little Pigs for lunch. Sorry northern barbecue joints, the real stuff is made down south!

We then took a ride to see what's in Socastee (nothing) and ended up at Surfside beach. It's a nice little beachside community.

We had to take a picture of the pier.

After dinner in our room we went to snowbird bingo.  Angie loves to play cards and bingo and I don't, but I went because dessert was served!

Tomorrow it's supposed to rain so maybe we'll find a movie.

 

Monday, Feb 26, 2018. Day 32 of our snowbird vacation.

That urinary issue involving blood reappeared on Sunday, but this time Angie & I figured out the cause. I looked online and looked at my INR levels since surgery, and they were usually around 2.0. On Feb 3rd (the first occurance of hematuria) my INR was 3.6; the ER doctor told me to stop the warfarin while I was on an antibiotic. When I resumed the warfarin my INR level gradually rose again and the hematuria reoccurred. I called my cardiologist and they adjusted my warfarin doses, In the meantime I ate a few salads and the vitamin K helped stop  the blood. You have to be resourceful when you're away from home!

By the time this was resolved it started raining so we just hung out at the hotel.

That night we went next door for a snowbird dinner at Martin's restaurant, It was good and we made some new friends.

I guess if you're a bit older and your vacation is long enough a health issue might happen. But we kept our cool  and figured it out. Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny so we'll be doing something outdoors.

  

Sunday, Feb 25, 2018. Day 31 of our snowbird vacation.

A day of rest.

We went to church in the morning, and then had lunch in our room.

We went outside and sat in the afternoon sun for a little while.

We watched a good show about John Lewis, then the second half or the UConn Men. At least the Huskies aren't involved in the latest NCAA scandal!

Angie made us a nice dinner and we watched the Winter Olympics closing ceremony.

A good day to recharge our batteries. 

Saturday, Feb 24, 2018. Day 30 of our snowbird vacation.

Day 30 - where has our vacation gone?

We decided to take a ride up to Conway to see a baseball game once the fog burned off. We found a neat route that avoided  route 501 and had us on the campus of Coastal Carolina in a half hour.  

The baseball complex is very nice - a baseball field rivalling minor league stadiums and a really nice softball stadium.

We got some great seats behind home plate for $15.

The general admission seats are on grassy hills in left field and right field.

It was a great day for baseball - sunny and in the high 70's (in February!). The Chanticleers lost to Illinois, but we won't hesitate to come to another game in future winter visits to Myrtle Beach. 

Friday, Feb 23, 2018. Day 29 of our snowbird vacation.

The day started off foggy so Angie went to water aerobics and I did my back exercises and then soaked in the hot tub.

After lunch the sun came out and we drove up to North Myrtle Beach and did some exploring. 

We stopped at the Cherry Grove fishing pier. We didn't fish, but it was a great day to just relax and soak up some up some rays. We watched the fishers and the surfers.

We also stopped by the Russell Burgess Coastal Preserve. Marshes are one of our favorite places to visit and we are amazed at the number of preserved marshes all along the Grand Strand.  

Later on we went to St Andrew's Church for the Friday night Lenten fish fry.

All in all, it was another nice day.