Trip East - Myrtle Beach, SC - Grand Design Rally

 We drive to Lakewood, it's only 10 minutes away.

 

 Our site is in a section closest to the Ocean

Not too bad

 

 

We are the 6th site from the Beach entrance

 

 

 

 

 

  

We are given $40 in vouchers for Food at any of the concessions at the resort.

 

We do dinner one night at  Montana's Seafood

 
We get a Seafood Combo and a Fish Sandwich $20

At the end of our road is the pool and water park

 

 

 

 

There is a separate indoor pool.  I check it out while Gary is at a Seminar

This place is huge.  I has 1300 campsites and about the same number of permanent sites.

There was a rally breakfast 

and dinner

and another breakfast compliments of the vouchers.  

Looks like I will be arriving in NC with a full fridge.

I have always wanted to do sand sculptures and they were having a contest, so I signed up.

I began with a breaching whale.  Gary mounded the sand for me.  It's hard to sculpt as it is full of small broken shells.

 

 It's taking shape

 

 and I quite while I'm ahead

 

I have 3 hours so I decide to do another sculpture,  

this time something not as high - a Sea Turtle.  Being lower it doesn't tend to crumble as much

 

The rest of the sand sculptures are further up the beach.  One family came and saw mine and said they would go back and be sure to tell the Judges to come down and see mine.  

  

Not sure if 2 sculptures is allowed, I decide to tie them together somehow.  After walking the beach the day before and finding orange and banana peels, peanut and sunflower seed shells and trash.  I came up with this.

 I haven't had this much fun in the Sand since I was 5 years old!

After the Judges came by, I rode my bike down to check out the others.

Another Turtle.

A dolphin

and a Sand Castle built by the Family that came down to see mine and sent the Judges.

 

It has been quite windy, but temps have been in the upper 70s

Guess which way the wind blows?

 

 

 

There are some beautiful sunrises

 

 

The picture does not do it justice  - the sun was actually Orange

 

While we were here, Grand Design went around and checked all the RVs for recalls.  We had 3 but all was well.  They also gave us replacement skis for the dining room slide which had broken. 

 

We woke up one morning to find water on the floor in the kitchen, traced it back to the hot water tank.  They had a mobile repair guy on site so we booked him as it didn't look like and easy access behind the drawers under the buffet.

 

 

 

The final rally gathering.  I got first place for the Sand Sculpture.  Gary got 2nd place for the Mini Golf tournament.

a fun 4 days at the Beach and Rally.  We are ready to go get settled at our Summer place in North Carolina!