Just a reminder, these entries were written the during the trip
Tuesday, July 13. Four days into the vacation; four days left until the vacation is over. Today was a low key day. Instead of going to the pool, we went to the beach in the morning. In case you haven’t noticed, this was the first we had really been to the beach. The reason was that it was so crowded there wasn’t much room for us to setup like we wanted too. There were literally rows of people on the beach and you couldn’t see the ocean unless you walked through the maze of tents, umbrellas, and chairs. It was Landon’s first time on the beach and he had a great time. The sand wasn’t too hot to walk in and he tried hard to walk in it, but it was tough for the little guy. The ocean was a difference story. Like the pool, he loved it. We were letting him standup in the water and when the waves would come in and hit his legs he would laugh and laugh. He was having a blast until a wave came in faster and higher than I thought and it splashed in his face some. He didn’t like that at all. Once we got him calmed down he was ok and he got back in the water.
Shortly after that though he got pretty tired and he fell asleep in my arms as we walked on the beach. Since it was so hot next to the water Christi and I went back to the pool to cool off while her parents, Jason, and Lynn continued to walk down the beach. The beach was packed with people as far as you can see in all directions. I’ve never been to Myrtle Beach, but I would venture a guess and say that it hasn’t been this crowded here in a long time. I say that because there has to be a lot of people here who were going to the gulf. I know at least 7 are here. In case it wasn’t obvious, that would be us. We had planned on going to Gulf Shores, but the wonderful people at BP cancelled those plans.
We are having a great time so far in Myrtle Beach, though. The traffic isn’t the best, but otherwise it’s pretty easy to get around to everything here. This afternoon we went to Medieval Times. In case you are unfamiliar with it, Medieval Times is a dinner theater type event where they have live horses and riders acting out a show set in, you guessed it, Medieval Times. It is located in Myrtle Beach, which was surprisingly a long drive from North Myrtle Beach (where we are, although I always leave the North off). The show was really awesome. We drew the yellow knight as the knight we were cheering and turned out he won. Awesome. I should mention they feed you and there are no utensils, so you must eat with your hands. The food was delicious, though, and they gave you a lot to eat.
I don’t want to ruin if it you haven’t been, although I may have by saying our knight won, but the show had a lot going on. There were horse tricks, riding tricks, medieval riding games, and jousting! Overall, it was a fun time. Landon did OK most of the show. He was really tired but with everything going on, he had very hard time staying asleep. Finally toward the end he gave up the fight, though.
Funny story after the show: we had to park on the back row of the parking lot because we were later getting there than we wanted due to some issues earlier in the evening. When we got done with the show we walked back to our car to see that traffic had started to back up some, which was expected. We saw a tractor-trailer in the parking lot close to where we parked, only we soon realized that it was minus the tractor – unexpected. We got close to our cars and realized we, along with about 12 other cars, were blocked in by the trailer because they dropped it off right in front of the cars. It was pretty frustrating, but it was also kind of funny. We had to wait a while for the truck drive to move another trailer at the facility and then he came over to move that trailer. He was a nice guy and apologized for blocking us in saying that they have trouble timing the deliveries, but you would think there would be a better spot to park than the aisle blocking people in. At least one of the middle rows would have allowed people to pull out into another aisle, but since we were on the very back row, we were pinned in. Just one of those crazy things that happens at random times.
Landon really has been a trooper this whole week. He hasn’t been able to get down and walk around like he likes, but he has taken it well. He has gotten pretty upset a few times and when he gets going it is hard to calm him down sometimes. He is definitely happy when we are around the condo or at the pool, but he finds ways to have fun while we are out shopping or doing other things around town. Overall, Landon has been doing great.
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