Our Myrtle Beach Trip

We left last Thursday for Myrtle Beach and returned Monday evening. Our hope was for Addy to sleep until we had to leave at 3:30 am, however she was wide awake and ready to go on vacation at 1am! We were worried how she would do on the plane rides but the first one out of KC she fell asleep, we had a short layover in Atlanta and our plane was delayed out but we made it to Myrtle Beach and Addy stayed awake for the second flight and was very good.

After we got our rental car and realized we couldn't do a compact car due to the stroller, carseat, all our bags,  my mom and us 3, we settled in our Dodge Avenger and set out to find our condo and some food. We couldn't check in until 4 so we headed to the beach and Addy did NOT like the sand, not one bit! She wouldn't put her feet down in it and just cried. The water was very cold but there were some crazies out there playing and surfing. We went to the Myrtle Beach Harley Davidson to get my brother a souvenir  and then got checked into our condo and grabbed dinner to go from our hotel restaurant and then visited the indoor waterpark. Addy loved the water, which we figured she would! She was kicking her feet, splashing, putting her face in the water, riding on the dolphin foam car, and even went down the water slides with us. (Pics of the waterpark are on my mom's camera so I will post them on FB soon)

Friday we went to the Ripley's Aquarium where we saw lots of fish, sharks, eels, seahorses, an octopus, stingrays, and Addy got to touch a horseshoe crab and shark. There was a diver feeding the fish and we missed that part but Addy got to put her hands outside the glass over the diver's hands and she thought that was fun. We then we shopping at a nice outdoor area around a pond and enjoyed lunch at Senor Frogs before resting at our hotel and then having dinner at the Giant Crab, a nice seafood buffet.

Saturday we did some more shopping and went to the Alligator Adventure. One of my favorite memories is from when I went to Gatorland Zoo in Florida when I was about 5 years old and I have also been on airboat rides in Florida and Louisiana. I have always been fascinated by alligators. We saw all sizes of them and some other animals as well at Alligator Adventure. They have the largest crocodile in captivity in the US and he was over 20 feet long!! We were at an animal talk and got to touch a two-headed turtle, a snake, and an alligator. Addy was so cute and just wanted to hold the alligators paw. We saw them feed the big gators chicken, just a few were hungry enough to jump for food, it was still pretty chilly for them to be very lively. We spent more time at the waterpark after an afternoon nap.

 

 

 

 

Sunday we finished up with a trip to the Pier, I wanted to do the SkyWheel but it was so windy and chilly out so we walked to the end of the Pier and back and then finished up our day with more shopping, dinner at the condo, and more waterpark fun before packing stuff up and walking out to the beach once more.

Monday we headed home, the airports/plane rides went just as well as Thursday and we got a couple compliments on how well she behaved. Overall, she did an awesome job traveling and we are so blessed to have her and get to travel with her and have my mom go with us as well.