Myrtle Beach in December?

Travis took 2 weeks of leave right after Thanksgiving. I figured it would all be just leave at home, which is AWESOME....but we ended up going down to Myrtle Beach for 2 nights and 3 days. You can get amazing deals on hotels there, especially off season, and we got a 2 bedroom, full kitchen room, right on the beach, with a balcony facing the beach. There was an indoor and outdoor pool and lazy river, and we had a blast. The hotel is the funnest part for our kids usually anyway, so we didn't have to even spend extra money on other activities to do there. On the way down we did stop at an aquarium (Fort Fisher). We asked them though, about reciprocal memberships even though they weren't on our list as one we could get in free to, and I think the gentlemen was being extra nice and said he give us 2 adults and 2 kids. Taryn was already free, so we paid for 2 kids and that was all. And this aquarium was amazing. They had all kinds of amazing things and the habitats were big and spacious and made you feel like you are in the amazon.

This crocodile swam right up to us and stayed there (maybe he was hungry?) for us to get a good look at him.

Taryn was fascinated by everything.

This aquarium was HUGE, and we timed it perfectly to be there when they had divers go in there. One was cleaning and the other had a microphone to tell you all kinds of things about animals and answer questions. We loved it.

They also have this albino alligator. These are extremely rare and can't survive out in the wild. For one thing they can't camouflage, and for another they are more sensitive to UV rays.

The route from the aquarium to Myrtle Beach included 20 minute Ferry ride.

The lazy river at the hotel. We made sure to get good use of this and the pool.

Oops...out of order... Someone had a full day. I sure couldn't fall asleep like that...

The sunrise from our balcony.

The view from out on the beach

More view while collecting seashells

Our hotel. Did I mention it was about 60 degrees outside. In December. It couldn't have turned out better for us, really.

And luckily the battery on the camera died so I can't overload this post with any more pictures.