South Carolina: The Sandcastles of Myrtle Beach
Saturday, August 14th, 2010There were a couple summers during my elementary years where my family would load up our minivan and head down south to meet my aunt, uncle, and their three children for a big trip to sunny South Carolina. Our destination was Myrtle Beach, located on the northern border of the State, and we were going to be staying in a penthouse. We would always leave very early in the morning, just before the sun was up for these trips, and since we were driving in separate vehicles, my dad and my uncle sprung for a pair of two-way radios so we could communicate with one another on the way down. This was still the time before GPS and MapQuest, and cell phones were just beginning to become common to have, so we were using Triple-A’s TripTickets. I remember the road map having a big streak of yellow highlighter tracing the routes from Indy all the way to the Atlantic coast. (more…)