It was a long ride but we made it. We wanted to check out the local night life and see what we had been missing by living in good old Delaware. You know Myrtle Beach is a lot like Rehoboth a night. We walked the strip and quickly found ourselves engulfed by spring breakers - must say that was interesting. We walked the beach and stores on the avenue. Again a lot like our beaches in Delaware. We called it a night and went to our condo to get some rest and eat some dinner. It was nice to go back to our condo and have a working kitchen and supplies to actually make real food. Any one who knows us knows how we love to cook and we had been on the road now for 3 days - fast food, take out and snacks were just getting old.

 
 

The place was really nice with 2 bedrooms and a large living area, kitchen and balcony looking out on pond with a lit fountain in the center that changed colors as the water sprayed high in the air. Finally we could relax and feel at home on the road. This place was really nice.



The next day the girls got to meet up with their biological father Wayne. He had not seen them for several years. We decided to make an event out of it and go to the Ripley's Aquarium. This place is really awesome but really expensive. There were people inside freaking out about the horseshoe crabs just inside the entrance. Coming from Delaware on a 600 mile road trip the last thing we wanted to see is more horseshoe crabs! Just kidding. The outer part of the aquarium was full of wildlife from all parts of the world. We walked around and watched documentaries on several species. The we entered the underwater aquarium... this was really cool. Huge sharks and rays coming right up to us. Trey was looking for his fishing pole by the end of the journey.



 
That night we ventured back out to the strip and took a chance on the Ripley's Haunted House. That we may do again. This was well planned out and scary as hell. You go through 4 floors of darkness with chain-saw wielding maniacs chasing you and dark figures just making their presence known. There are points were you can see absolutely nothing and other time you wish you couldn't. This was fun for all... made me scream like a little girl... well made me jump a few times.

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