We had an uneventful travel day, driving from Chester, VA to Myrtle Beach, SC. Our purpose in coming to Myrtle Beach is to visit the building where we purchased a timeshare in 2015. That’s another story from our 2015 trip down the eastern seaboard to Florida. Let me just say that we signed up for a “free” stay at a Doubletree where we only needed to attend a Hilton Grand Vacation Club (HGVC) presentation. Having practiced saying “no thanks” to each other beforehand, we walked out of the presentation as owners of a timeshare in a building that hadn’t even been completed yet. But, we’ve been Hilton members and so the deal seemed reasonable and provides the opportunity to visit HGVC resorts all over the world. This time around, we decided to capitalize on another deal for 3 nights at the Ocean 22 resort for a small amount of money if we attend another presentation at our timeshare resort. Who knows what we’ll walk away with this time. But it’s an opportunity to stay at the Ocean 22 HGVC resort and experience what we bought in to.
Our drive today was over 5 hours. The best part about it was that spring was springing out all over North Carolina. We saw lots of daffodils and flowering trees. The forsythia was blooming as were the magnolias. The trees were just about bursting forth and were heavy with beautiful red and orange buds that looked very much the color of fall in our neck of the woods. And the temperature got up into the low 70s during our drive.
We stopped in Kenly, NC for gas and a walk. I found it interesting that nearly all the towns and cities along our route today had huge water towers. We walked around the neighborhood where this one was.
This patriotic one was further south in Lumberton, NC.
When we stopped in Kenly, we encountered some absolutely beautiful bushes right up against the Pilot gas station and truck stop. A little beauty oasis amidst the trucks.
The last 90 minutes of our drive was through rural South Carolina. We didn’t understand why our Google maps took us away from a highway and along secondary and tertiary roads. Christine was somewhat frustrated by what she felt was an indirect route, but I prefer country roads. Interstate driving is so boring. I love driving along secondary routes looking at the houses and yards and being more up close and personal with the folks living in the area.
We arrived in Myrtle Beach a little after 2:00 and found Ocean 22.
Christine got us checked in and we got a bellhop to unload the car and take a whole lot of stuff up to our one bedroom suite. It always is a little embarrassing to me when we load all our stuff onto one of those little carts. We come prepared for any and everything, and with traveling by car, it tends to give us liberty to take more than we need. So the cart is totally overloaded.
We are on the 16th floor and have an ocean view, as opposed to an ocean front. But, we’re pretty happy with our suite and view.
Tomorrow I’ll take some pictures of the suite itself, but I’ll say that it is lovely with a fully equipped kitchen, one bedroom, large bathroom, 2 TVs, a nice living area and ample storage space. We’re quite satisfied with it. Friday we’ll take a tour of the facility during our required presentation and we’ll get to see what a timeshare unit like we purchased looks like.
We did wander around the building some and saw the pool. There is an indoor pool and also an outdoor pool. I don’t think the outdoor pool is being used much yet. But the pools look nice.
We walked out to the beach, but the wind was blowing hard and we hadn’t put on warm enough clothes to spend much time outside. Tomorrow we’ll take a good long walk on the beach.
We walked over to a Starbuck a block away to purchase a bag of coffee (one thing we forgot to pack). We checked out the menus of some restaurants around the area. One of the club membership perks is a restaurant discount in several places, including 3 right around the corner. So we’ll probably eat out one of our nights here.
So now we’re lounging (are you surprised that Christine is working????) around our suite and enjoying being here. We’re quite pleased with the accommodations and all the staff around the place are very friendly and helpful.
Tomorrow we’ll explore more and take in the Myrtle Beach sights. Toes in the Atlantic for sure!
Ha ha, I guess the GPS was reading your mind, glad you had the opportunity to see the local sutes.
Your place looks lovely and it is great to hear about your new adventure.
Have a great trip, I’ll see you soon.
Lots of love.