Myrtle Beach 2017 Day 1

We didn’t have to fly out at “the butt crack of dawn” (to quote a famous person) to start this trip.  I was nervous about the flight because I had a procedure less than a week earlier, but the flight was fine.

We already learned one thing for future trips – do not load down your carry on. We had checked our luggage in Hartford, but lugging two carry on’s from one end of the Charlotte airport to another was not fun. We’ll have to rethink packing – especially as we get older.

We flew into Myrtle Beach at 3:30, got our rental car and pulled up to the hotel at 4:30. It was very strange walking up to the counter and checking in – the lobby was empty (there is a loooong line during the summer).

We went out to dinner at the K&W around the corner. When our girls were small, we wasted time taking them to seafood restaurants – little kids do not like seafood. Then we discovered K&W – they could pick what they wanted and the price is right. We are not food snobs – we will go there several times on this trip (as well as seafood restaurants).

We were tired but we ran out to the dollar store and got some staples (aluminum foil, etc.) – we filled a cart with supplies for a month for $45. We plan on a trip to the Food Lion in the AM. For the first time we will actually do some cooking at Myrtle Beach – hey, we’re retirees on a fixed income, ya know.

So it was an early night (not uncommon for us) – we watched the Mary Tyler Moore tribute and called it a day.