Fooling Around Myrtle Beach

The weather was colder today, but sunny, so we walked a mile or so to lunch and then did some bicycling, resting our legs a little from our longer run on Sunday.

First thing, however, we took our daily coffee walk around the campground.  This KOA has a mobile home park section with more permanent residences, including this attractive one with a directional sign showing the way to all sorts of places:

Back from our walk, we decided to take a beach walk and find lunch at some beachside restaurant.  Our first encounter was with two bear cubs (sculpted, of course) climbing all over a stump near our rig:

Down on the beach, we spotted the boardwalk and Sky Wheel as we passed under the 2nd Avenue Pier:

Getting closer, we could spot the skyline and Sky Wheel along the beach.  The cold weather kept most beachgoers inside, but there were a few hearty souls out with us on the beach:

The wind was fresh, and it whipped the flags along the boardwalk:

Myrtle Beach's boardwalk is well designed and attractive.  For about half its length, it's really a concrete walk, much like Ventura, California's beachside walk:

We stopped for lunch at a gyro and pizza shop, but had Greek salads.  The salads were well made and yummy.  Due to the cold weather, we decided to top lunch off with decaf soy lattes at the coffee shop nearby.  This was a good choice.  The coffee was well roasted and tasted like it was loaded with chocolate, even though we had plain lattes.  The soy milk was nutty and full-flavored, but not sweetened.

After getting back to the RV, we decided to peddle back to the beach and order an air-brushed t-shirt for little William, to give him as a gift when we see him in late April.  We did that, then returned to the rig and decided to hold a Scrabble tournament.  Kathy whipped David's little butt, but David didn't mind that much.  Here's a photo of victor, enjoying her victory refreshment before dinner:

After dinner, we rode back to the beach to pick up William's t-shirt.  It's spectacular!  Here's Baxter modeling the t-shirt:

In case any of you are not fully tuned into the current cultural scene, the Minions sing the "Banana Song" in Despicable Me 2.  It's a take-off on the Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann," and is worth hearing in its own right.  This is the movie trailer with the Minions Banana Song from Despicable Me 2.

Have a great day and we wish you warmer weather for 2014!