Today, Bob and I drove about 9 miles northeast of the house to Myrtle Beach State Park. Our homeowners kindly left us their pass to use at the two local state parks. We visited Huntington Beach State Park on our first excursion of the housesit. We delayed going to Myrtle Beach State Park until after the end of the big tourist season, but even today it had a lot of visitors.
The state park lies along part of the Grand Strand along the Atlantic Ocean between the city of Myrtle Beach to the north and Surfside Beach to the south. It opened in 1936, and is one of 16 South Carolina State Parks built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It has a fishing pier, over 300 tent and campsites, 1 mile of undeveloped beach, and a couple of nature trails. We walked down the fishing pier, along part of the beach, on the boardwalk that parallels the beach, and on the nature trails. With the temp in the low 80s and a nice breeze, it was a great day for an outing.
it is stirring up the waves, so a red flag advisory was posted.
so we saw a number of planes coming in while we were there.
and some of the protective dunes that parallel the shore.
No charge to walk on it, but you do have to pay to fish.
from under the pavilion at the end of the pier
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