Final post about vacation

It took me forever, but here is the last installment of our vacation journal...

WEDNESDAY
We drove down to Ocean Boulevard, where the Pavilion amusement park used to be. We played some games in the arcade, and walked around some shops. William got the obligatory air brushed t-shirt, in his chosen soccer theme. Then we stopped by Ocean Front Café for foot long hot dogs & a beautiful ocean view.
We were back on the beach shortly after lunch and relaxed & played for a while. We drove back to Broadway at the Beach and had dinner at Senor Frogs. The food wasn't great, but the décor was cute! William’s main goal was to find a pirate eye patch, so we were in and out of stores for a while. Finally, we came to a crab-themed store that had a pirate section in the back… and we got the last eye patch in the place! After that, we went to the new section, Pavilion Nostalgia Park. We talked William into riding the big Pirate Ship with us (like the old Six Flags Flying Dutchman). Take a look at his expression – obviously this was not his favorite! He got off & told us how brave he was… but was not interested in a repeat trip :) He rode the caterpillar with me and loved it, though, so I might just have a ride companion now!! He also had fun on several kiddie rides.

THURSDAY
We spent the afternoon at the beach once again. Then we had an early dinner at Original Benjamin’s (we go there anytime we visit Myrtle Beach). William got to have his picture made with a pirate at the restaurant, which he thought was very cool. Then we played a round of mini golf (William got a hole-in-one!), and bought some fireworks. We had been scheduled for family photos but our photographer had to cancel last minute. So we walked down to the beach and William had fun flying a kite he’d gotten for his birthday. We looked for shells, then let William swim for a while.

FRIDAY
We went to Barefoot Landing again for some final souvenirs. William had his picture made at one of those ‘olde tyme” photo places – he was the cutest bad guy I’ve ever seen! At his request we had lunch at McDonalds, then went to the beach one more time. We had a great time playing in the surf and finding some really cool shells. The sky got really dark so we decided to head in to get cleaned up. The rain began to pour, and we decided that was a perfect time to say farewell. We finished packing and hit the road. We had a nice leisurely drive back and pulled into the garage shortly before midnight. We all slept well – it was a wonderful first vacation but we were of course glad to be home!