Campsite Huntington Beach State ParkMy Bride at the parks beach entrance
Our neighbors at Huntington Beach
Pawleys Island beach
Eileen, Tharleen, and Dick
No tan yet!!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
PIC's From Pawleys Island Visit
Campsite 
Campsite Huntington Beach State Park 
Our neighbors at Huntington Beach
Pawleys Island beach
Eileen, Tharleen, and Dick
No tan yet!!
Campsite Huntington Beach State ParkOur neighbors at Huntington Beach
Pawleys Island beach
Eileen, Tharleen, and Dick
No tan yet!!
Friday, March 27, 2009
Pawleys Island Visit (Dick and Tharleen Kinsey)
3/8/2009 - 3/11/2009
We stayed at Huntington Beach State Park just south of Myrtle Beach in Murrells Inlet SC. This is a lovely and relatively inexpensive state park that has full hookups on a number of sights and is right on the beach. A real value that the locals have discovered. I would suggest that you make reservations well in advance if your heading this way, especially during the peak seasons. This is probably the nicest state park we have been in and all of the campsites are nice.
We arrived on 3/8 and after setting up Dick and Tharleen visited us at the park for the five o'clock tradition, then we headed to Murrells Inlet for a light dinner. The next day I played golf with Dick and two of his neighbors. While my golf wasn't the best, the company was great. If you are a golfer this is a nice area to keep you challenged for some time. I forget how many courses there are in the immediate area, but it's a load.
In the afternoon Dick and Tharleen drove us all around the area to show us the highlights. If you stay south of the Honkey Tonk of Myrtle Beach this is a marvelous area. Many great restaurants and plenty of beach. The island part of Pawleys Island is old and totally developed and reminds me very much of Emerald Isle. Beautiful beach's and relaxing atmosphere. The following day we continued our touring and had a marvelous dinner at the Kinsey residence. Dick and Tharleen have a great house and a nice active neighborhood.
We were very impressed with the many amenities, shopping, and comfort of this area. I know I wouldn't want to be in Myrtle Beach, but you are close enough that you can use the shopping and dining when the mood hits you.
We would like to thank Dick and Tharleen for there wonderful hospitality. It was great seeing you guys again. Please stay in touch and save some time for a visit up north before we depart for the south. We very much enjoyed our visit.
The next two posts will be a few of the pictures we took in the Pawleys Island/Myrtle Beach area during our brief visit.
Life is Great!!!!
Bill and Eileen
We stayed at Huntington Beach State Park just south of Myrtle Beach in Murrells Inlet SC. This is a lovely and relatively inexpensive state park that has full hookups on a number of sights and is right on the beach. A real value that the locals have discovered. I would suggest that you make reservations well in advance if your heading this way, especially during the peak seasons. This is probably the nicest state park we have been in and all of the campsites are nice.
We arrived on 3/8 and after setting up Dick and Tharleen visited us at the park for the five o'clock tradition, then we headed to Murrells Inlet for a light dinner. The next day I played golf with Dick and two of his neighbors. While my golf wasn't the best, the company was great. If you are a golfer this is a nice area to keep you challenged for some time. I forget how many courses there are in the immediate area, but it's a load.
In the afternoon Dick and Tharleen drove us all around the area to show us the highlights. If you stay south of the Honkey Tonk of Myrtle Beach this is a marvelous area. Many great restaurants and plenty of beach. The island part of Pawleys Island is old and totally developed and reminds me very much of Emerald Isle. Beautiful beach's and relaxing atmosphere. The following day we continued our touring and had a marvelous dinner at the Kinsey residence. Dick and Tharleen have a great house and a nice active neighborhood.
We were very impressed with the many amenities, shopping, and comfort of this area. I know I wouldn't want to be in Myrtle Beach, but you are close enough that you can use the shopping and dining when the mood hits you.
We would like to thank Dick and Tharleen for there wonderful hospitality. It was great seeing you guys again. Please stay in touch and save some time for a visit up north before we depart for the south. We very much enjoyed our visit.
The next two posts will be a few of the pictures we took in the Pawleys Island/Myrtle Beach area during our brief visit.
Life is Great!!!!
Bill and Eileen
I'm Baaaack!!
I promised I would try to do better with the day to day on the blog this trip but it just didn't happen. We have been visiting friends since we left Emerald Isle and didn't have a decent wi-fi until we bought a verizon card at the FMCA rally in Perry Ga.
Our travels have taken us to Myrtle Beach/Pawleys Island area to visit Dick and Tharleen Kinsey (a former Bard colleague and his lovely wife). We then moved on the Hilton Head to visit former Snellville Ga. neighbors and world class pinochle players (Steve and Kathy Strelcheck).
We then moved on to Perry Ga. where we attended The Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) International Convention with Chip and Barbara Massa (RV friends that we met last year in Salt Lake).
After Perry we spent three days exploring St. Augustine Fla. before we moved on to "The Villages" in central Florida to visit former neighbors from Amherst NH (Tom and Mary Ellen Quinn) who own a vacation home in this marvelous place.
Today we moved on to Ft Lauderdale to reunite with Chip and Barbara for some fun on their home turf. When I get the time I will post some pictures from each of our visits and give a brief outline of the campgrounds and the areas we visited.
It has been marvelous rekindling old friendships and getting to know our new friends. We have also been using this trip to explore other areas of the East Coast that we might consider for our retirement home. We love Emerald Isle but we owe it to ourselves to check other areas out. With our wonderful children on opposite ends of the country we could live almost anywhere.
I will start tomorrow with an overview of our SC visits. It is great to be away from the cold I wish we didn't have to go back.
Lovin Life!!
Bill and Eileen
Our travels have taken us to Myrtle Beach/Pawleys Island area to visit Dick and Tharleen Kinsey (a former Bard colleague and his lovely wife). We then moved on the Hilton Head to visit former Snellville Ga. neighbors and world class pinochle players (Steve and Kathy Strelcheck).
We then moved on to Perry Ga. where we attended The Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) International Convention with Chip and Barbara Massa (RV friends that we met last year in Salt Lake).
After Perry we spent three days exploring St. Augustine Fla. before we moved on to "The Villages" in central Florida to visit former neighbors from Amherst NH (Tom and Mary Ellen Quinn) who own a vacation home in this marvelous place.
Today we moved on to Ft Lauderdale to reunite with Chip and Barbara for some fun on their home turf. When I get the time I will post some pictures from each of our visits and give a brief outline of the campgrounds and the areas we visited.
It has been marvelous rekindling old friendships and getting to know our new friends. We have also been using this trip to explore other areas of the East Coast that we might consider for our retirement home. We love Emerald Isle but we owe it to ourselves to check other areas out. With our wonderful children on opposite ends of the country we could live almost anywhere.
I will start tomorrow with an overview of our SC visits. It is great to be away from the cold I wish we didn't have to go back.
Lovin Life!!
Bill and Eileen
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Winter Beaches in North Carolina
We are hearing from the residents here in Emerald Isle that this is one of the coldest winters they have had in many many years. Even though it warmed up to the low 70's last Friday it is expected to be in the twenties tonight and inland NC is going to get snow. Maybe even a dusting at the beach. It has been raining for two days but it doesn't matter. We both have good books and a beautiful view.
The pictures in the next post are the beach during the 70 degree day. We took a walk late afternoon. It had already started to cloud up but the temperatures were still in the 60's. You can see that the beaches are relatively empty this time of year, which is marvelous. I have also included a picture of the home on stilts and the mobile home. We leave next Sunday for Huntington Beach State Park near Murrells Inlet SC. just south of Myrtle Beach and just north if Pawleys Island SC. We plan on visiting with Dick and Tharlene Kinsey friends from my former Bard life.
During our short time here in Emerald Isle we have had a battle with at least a 1000 migrating robins. They have been eating the berries off my conifers and leaving a considerable amount of their waste on my house decks and all over the roof of the RV. I will never look at robins as a bird of interest again.
Enjoy the PIC's.
Life is Great. Don't miss a minute!!!
Bill and Eileen
The pictures in the next post are the beach during the 70 degree day. We took a walk late afternoon. It had already started to cloud up but the temperatures were still in the 60's. You can see that the beaches are relatively empty this time of year, which is marvelous. I have also included a picture of the home on stilts and the mobile home. We leave next Sunday for Huntington Beach State Park near Murrells Inlet SC. just south of Myrtle Beach and just north if Pawleys Island SC. We plan on visiting with Dick and Tharlene Kinsey friends from my former Bard life.
During our short time here in Emerald Isle we have had a battle with at least a 1000 migrating robins. They have been eating the berries off my conifers and leaving a considerable amount of their waste on my house decks and all over the roof of the RV. I will never look at robins as a bird of interest again.
Enjoy the PIC's.
Life is Great. Don't miss a minute!!!
Bill and Eileen
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Stop 1 - Emerald Isle NC
Its Wednesday February 25th and we have made it part of the way out of the cold. Surprisingly our first night near Richmond Va. we had temperatures down into the low 20's. Our water supply line into the bus froze up even though I had disconnected the hose the night before. We have had enough cold weather and are looking forward to warmer temperatures.
We will be spending the next week and a half enjoying Emerald Isle. I parked the bus in the driveway of the beach house. The weather is supposed to go into the 70's on Friday. Can't wait. I will post a few pictures of the beach in the next couple of days.
Life is Good! Enjoy it always!
Bill and Eileen
We will be spending the next week and a half enjoying Emerald Isle. I parked the bus in the driveway of the beach house. The weather is supposed to go into the 70's on Friday. Can't wait. I will post a few pictures of the beach in the next couple of days.
Life is Good! Enjoy it always!
Bill and Eileen
Thursday, February 19, 2009
On The Road Again
It has been the never ending winter this year in NJ. We are packing up tomorrow and heading South on Monday the 23rd of February. We will be visiting friends on our way to Florida and are hoping to finally leave the cold weather behind.
We are cutting our travels back this year due to the economy but we definitely need to get away from the cold. We are looking forward to joining new friends, that we met in Salt Lake last year. We will join them at the FMCA International Rally in Perry Ga. Then visit them a few weeks later in Plantation Fla. We also plan to visit friends in SC and other parts of Florida.
Look in on us every now and then. I will post any interesting scenery and hopefully do a little narrative on our first FMCA Rally and our first visit to Florida.
Life is Good! Don't Miss it!
Bill and Eileen
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