Murrells Inlet - November 19-25, 2008


Joe made Daddy's Favorite Soft Pretzel Recipe!

THE BEST BEACH VACATION OF OUR LIVES:

Ruth's Travelogue - with dolphin & other photos around Murrells Inlet, and a poem to picture family & friends having fun!

We had a great vacation, the best beach week of our lives! Ruth and Joe invited Ruth's parents, the first time in November the four of us stayed at the beach. We enjoyed fabulous fellowship & food. Blessed with beautiful brisk weather for our week of relaxed fun, with days that climbed into the 40-50º’s F, and nights dropping below freezing.

 

We went Wednesday, returning Tuesday so we could go to my brother John’s school Thanksgiving program the next day, and to my sister and our brother-in-law’s house for Thanksgiving the following day. We have so much for which we give thanks! We are so very thankful to Trina that we can relax at her Place At The Beach, share so much fun with extended family, and enjoy her beautifully inviting and welcoming condominium, always clean and equipped with everything we could want and need!

 

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We Love Trina's Place At The Beach Looking North to Myrtle Beach Looking East to the Atlantic Ocean  Looking South to Murrells Inlet
View of Murrells Inlet at the boardwalk on the bridge.

Looking West to Murrells Inlet

Murrells Inlet Landing

Celebrating Thanksgiving

Enjoying Ourselves: A Place At  the Beach

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We Love Trina's Place At The Beach

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Trina's Place at the Beach

Looking up to Trina's balcony at the break of day. Shower cap saves Trina's place from beach shoe sand. Looking from Trina's kitchen across her Living Room. Looking from Trina's living room out to her balcony.

A Place at the Beach

Palm tree and pampas grass below Trina's balcony. Vista from Trina's stairway out to the Atlantic Ocean. Sunrise view from Trina's stairs to the Atlantic Ocean. Early morning look down from the top of Trina's stairs.

Flora

Berries next to the boardwalk leading out to the beach. Frozen berries on the palm tree below Trina's balcony. Wildflowers blooming beside path leading to ocean. Pennywort patterned with grass shadows at sunrise.
Sea oat seed stalk in front of A Place At The Beach. Sea oats close up. Wind and sun patterns of grass growing on the shore. Grass shadows form a mirror image symmetry.

Fauna

Washed up jellyfish at sunrise. A rescue from near drowning for a little green insect. Somebody's unattended friendly dog. Dolphin swimming close to shore at daybreak.
Pelican flight silhouette from morning sunshine. Pelican takes off into flight after resting off shore. Pelican in flight. Foraging pelican skimming the ocean surface.
Seagulls on the water's edge at 6:56 a.m. Seagulls letting their feet get wet at 26º F. Seagulls wade with temperature below freezing. Foraging seagulls walk in the water at sunrise.
Sanderlings foraging forward as waves recede. Hungry sanderling finding food. 3 of these 4 sanderlings have only 1 leg to stand on. Two of four sanderlings have only one leg to stand on.
Seashells and a wave-rounded rock on the seashore. Banded tulip shell fragment washed up on the shore. Whelk fragment & operculum (univalve "front door"). A colorful cockle leans on a clam fossil fragment.

 

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Looking North to Myrtle Beach

 

 

 

Trawler just off-shore at Myrtle Beach.

Trawler, seen from Trina's stairway to the parking lot.

Setting sun highlights Myrtle Beach beyond the dunes.

The Grand Strand in front of A Place At The Beach.

 

 

 

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Looking East to the Atlantic Ocean

Oceanfront

Boat cruises by just off shore.

Mother & Daddy enjoying themselves at the seashore.

Path from A Place At The Beach to the ocean's edge.

Walking on the beach path toward the surf at dawn.

Sunrises

November 22, 2008 at Trina's stairway, 6:46:16 a.m.

6:53:02 a.m. November 22, 2008 on the walkway.

6:47:44 a.m. November 22, 2008 going to the ocean.

6:53:02 a.m. November 22, 2008 on the seashore.

Joe's photo at 6:52:06 a.m. on November 21, 2008.

6:58:28 a.m. at the top of the stairs, 11/23/2008.

Going to the boardwalk on 11/23/08 at 7:01:00 a.m.

On the beach path at 7:03:44 a.m. on November 25.

Surf

Mother laughs after coming out of the brisk water.

Calm afternoon surf at low tide.

Crashing surf at dawn.

Luminescent surf at daybreak.

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Looking South to Murrells Inlet

 

 

Looking across to the ocean from Trina's stairs. The house next door, from Trina's balcony. Foaming surf meets wet sand. Sea gulls on the sunny sea shore.

 

 

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Looking West to Murrells Inlet

Oceanfront

Sea oats in front of A Place At The Beach.

A Place At The Beach sea oats at sunrise.

Mother waves after her ocean swim.

Sea oats in front of A Place At The Beach.

Waterfront

Seaside yucca growing in front of the house next door. Leggy sunrise shadow points to A Place At The Beach. Marlin Quay marina, early morning on Trina's balcony. Murrells Inlet beachfront houses by the first rock wall.

Seashore sunsets

5:11:20 p.m. on November 21 from upstairs next door.

11/24/2008 sun sets over Murrells Inlet at 4:56:32 p.m.

5:15:02 glorious sunset on Trina's balcony 11/24/2008.

November 24, 2008 from Trina's balcony at 5:11:04.

 

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Murrells Inlet Landing

Sunsets

Looking from the Seawatch Inn across Murrells Inlet.

Sunset glow reflected in the incoming tide.

Murrells Inlet view from the bridge at sunset.

Reflections of beautiful Murrells Inlet Sunday night.

At and On the Bridge

A spit of land midday at low tide.

Ruth on the bridge boardwalk after we went church.

Joe on the bridge boardwalk after we all went church.

View of Murrells Inlet at the boardwalk on the bridge.

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Celebrating Thanksgiving in Conway with George, Diane, Alana, & Diane's parents

Thanksgiving place setting Saturday night.

Alana made Ruth's beautiful place card.

Alana made Joe's beautiful place card.

November 22, of our Thanksgiving place setting.

Cranberry sauce, rice, and green bean casserole. Carol's delicious Waldorf Salad, and pumpkin soufflé. Ruth's dinner plate. I'm thankful! Homemade raisin bread in a turkey-weave basket.
Ruth, Mother, Daddy, Alana, Diane, George, Carol, JP. Carol admires her granddaughter's refrigerator art. Diane, George, Daddy, Mother. Alana and Joe having lots of fun playing after dinner.
Mother & Daddy; Alana's turkey art sits on the shelf. Daddy seated in front of some of his shell pictures. Diane shows Daddy her favorite shell on his picture. Diane & Daddy with one of the shell pictures he made.
George shows Mother his new keyboard. George shows Daddy his new keyboard. Daddy tries out George's new keyboard. Daddy likes playing George's new keyboard.

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We "Shore" Enjoy A Place At The Beach

Daddy and Mother get his fishing pole ready. Daddy and Mother making surf fishing preparations. Daddy and Mother "tying the knot". A fisherman with the catch of his life.
Joe joins in the fun. Mother and Ruth with Daddy fishing. Joe helps hold Daddy's fishing pole. As close as Joe has ever come to fishing...
Mother brought Daddy lunch & he could keep fishing. Daddy & Mother and Myrtle Beach in the background. Mother watches Daddy check the bait. Daddy examines seashells Mother found on the beach.
Mother, at 80 years old, loves to swim in the ocean! Mother loved going swimming in 40-degree weather! In & out 6 times in 40-degree air & water temperature! Mother's U. of Maryland München (Munich) swimshirt
Ski poles & a fishing pole make for good conversation. A soldier back from the war in Iraq greets Daddy. One veteran coming over to thank another for serving. Daddy "thumbing a ride" from a group on horseback.
Daddy casting. Daddy casting. Daddy casting. Daddy preparing to cast as a boat cruises by off shore.
Daddy surf fishing. Daddy loves to fish. Myrtle Beach in the background. Daddy gets ready to show and tell. Kahl (German word for "bald"): show & tell.

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Photos and website by Ruth and Joe

 

Mid-November, the normal High is 66-68°F. On November 13 — a week before — it was 79°F where we were planning to go. When we arrived, the High was the normal Low, 45°F; the Low a record, 28°F. We experienced another day that warmed up to 45°F, and the temperature fluctuated with highs within the forty’s and fifty’s the rest of our time, nights dropping into the twenty's and thirty's. November 22 I went outside and felt the 24.8°F, nineteen degrees below normal. On November 24 Daddy was fishing layered in a goose down vest and wool hat; Mother went swimming in the ocean with water temperature the same as air temperature, in the 50º’s F.

  

We especially loved visiting George, Diane, & Alana at their home in Conway for a Thanksgiving celebration with Diane’s parents. Another highlight of our visit was meeting Trina’s next-door neighbors Dick & Nita of Connestee Falls (near my parents in Brevard), and seeing Trina's neighbors we have come to love. We wished to have seen her neighbors we know, Ken & Sue, missionaries to China, who were "out West" during our stay. As always, we enjoyed worshipping at Shepherd of the Sea Lutheran Church.

 

Quote from Daddy on fishing: "If the fish aren't biting, they soon will be, and if they are, who in the world would want to quit?"

 

Ruth's Haiku on The Best Beach Vacation of our Lives

 

A Place At The Beach:

We enjoyed each other as

We enjoyed ourselves.

 

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along with some of our others from this visit - 144 photos.

Music by Dan Thomasson. Used with permission.

 

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