Days 39-45 - Myrtle Beach, SC

Lakewood Camping Resort  2/24/2015 - 3/3/2015
5901 S. Kings Hwy
Myrtle Beach, SC 29575

A huge campground/resort.  If you strain your eyes,
you'll locate little O me oceanfront.

What greeted me as I began
to hookup power.

Wow, it's been all about weather hasn't it?   I left Bluffton, SC and the temperature was touching 40°.  As I continued northward I watched it drop and usher in a drizzly rain for the rest of the day and night.  Traffic was okay but lots of care needed when the big boy semi's blew by me and left a sometimes blinding, misty spray in their wake.  Once off I-95 it was I-521 and SR-17.  SR-17 was notable.  Straight as far as the eye could see.  When I approached that point in the distance I never thought I'd reach, the slight curve to the left or right revealed another long stretch of road disappearing at the horizon again. This was repeated over and over again as I drove northward.  All I saw along this route were churches, churches, and more churches interspersed once in a while with the converted, run down, dilapidated, rusting mobile homes that I find so prevalent in the south along I-95.  

My arrival was greeted with a coating of ice on everything.  Roads were never a problem for driving.  I didn't bother hooking up to city water and relied on my fresh water tank that trickled all night.  No problems.  In my third day here I have yet to see sunshine and temperatures have not gone above 38°.  Yesterday?  Rain all day, heavy at times.

The campground is huge but, as expected, sparsely populated.  Photos below show a 360° perspective of what I see.  I am facing east and the sound of the surf is just audible over the on and off running of the furnace and blower.

Bob & Mary

Through the efforts of Wendy, contact was made with mutual friends and fellow retirees, Bob & Mary.  They were, coincidentally, visiting friends here in Myrtle Beach and were staying in their time-share just about 7 miles away from Lakewood Campground.  They came by to visit Winnie and took me back to their place where I enjoyed a delicious dinner with good wine and good friends.  Again, because we go way back and have wonderful memories and history, it was a time to catch up and brag. 

SOME VIEWS OF THE CAMPGROUND & OCEAN

East. Yes, there's an ocean out there.

Northeast

A 360° view.

Very few inhabitants.

North

Down the road from my site, #1901

Sites next to me inland

Behind me facing west

Behind me, facing south.

I've got a corner site

Campground has a prominent
Christian presence with proverbs
and biblical quotes inscribed
here and there.

ALONG THE BEACH

Looking North

Looking South

I saw that sea gull before...I think in
Daytona....what are the chances? LOL

Something caught my eye while walking
back up the dune to my RV.

What a nice treat on a dreary, overcast day.

You have to be bundled if you want to walk the beach

And that's the latest from Myrtle Beach.  The only new event I'm expecting worthy of another blog entry will be a sunrise.  Ha!  If not, then I'll see you in Virginia Beach where, at the present time, they're experiencing snow showers with temp at 34°.  The countdown shows 14 days, 6 hours, and 41 minutes until Reality.  Take care, stay warm, and be careful.