Days 3 and 4 of Myrtle Beach

So here's the story of the last 2 days of our trip:

 

 

 So there are TONS of these souvenir shops all over Myrtle beach, and most of them look like the first 2 pics; huge windows, lots of merchandise, same shaped building, but there's a couple that are smaller and less grandiose. And they repeat themselves over and over again. There's really only 5 main stores (Eagles, Waves, Whales, Pacific, and Bargain Beachwear), but there will be 3 Eagles on one block. What's even stranger is that while these are basically mega stores, each chain has almost completely different merchandise. It's all very odd. 

 Ok, so it was nice out again on Monday, so we decided to mini-golf again. This time we went to Jurassic Golf and got the "all day" package so we could play through more than once. This place also had two 18 hole courses, and it was pretty cheap to get an all-day pass, so we went for it.

 Here's some cave drawings on the inside of a cave on the "Ice Age" course. The other course was called "Predator".

 Here's James golfing. This course is run by the same people who run the Peter Pan themed course we golfed the day before, so it had a lot of the same features. Really interesting set-up, lots of water features and interesting areas to walk around, and different challenge levels.

 Here's some dinos in a water feature.

 And here's our golf balls and clubs. Green clubs are the tallest clubs. Yay.

 Each dinosaur has a fact sheet about it on a plaque somewhere in front of it, so it's an educational experience, too. Did you know that the triceratops lived in North America?

 This was a cool hole. I managed to cross the bridge both times, but it was so close.

 Here's the triceratops. The great lizard rhino itself.

 James' ball got caught under the bridge. Ok, enough about golf.

 These are disgusting fish. for 25 cents you can feed them at this outdoor mall area that has tons of tourist/entertainment options a little inland in Myrtle Beach. We went there for dinner because they had buy one steak dinner, get one free. Let me once again state that these fish are my nightmare.

 Here's a nice sea gull that was sitting still enough for me to get a good shot of it.

 We went into the "pampered pooch" store and found (but did not buy) these. Sorry to our friends who cheer for these teams. Let me be clear, we're sorry that you root for these teams. We still love you, we just really want you to make better life decisions in the future. We're worried about you. Please seek help.

 James and this tasty lobster.

Super Bowl XLVII! We couldn't find any that were the same size AND the right team. Anyway, this was a cool toy store, similar to one we found in Blouder, CO on Pearl St and, of course, MN's own Creative Kidstuff. I wanted the Green Bay football head-thing, but alas, that would be werid...apparently...sigh...

 Here's some micro-brewed beer from the place we had dinner. James had Rocket's Red Ale and I had American Lager. Also, we got to keep the glasses. Yay. They're still in our trunk.

Here's me at the entrance of the restaurant. America.

 Here's the last shot of Day 3. James' hands look weird. So do mine, actually. I'm trying to point at him as if to say "this guy", but it's awkward because of the angle.

 Day 4. We got up early to get a fresh start on the road home, but we had to go to the beach one last time.

 This hotel has the name "Roxanne" in it somewhere, but I don't remember it exactly. Either way, I love the color combination, and somehow on the drive home, James agreed to letting me paint our house that color (when we one day own a home, that is)

 Lady's puppy paw prints in the freshly raked sand.

 This is Lady mid-flight. Amazingly enough, this is the first picture of her jumping that has ever turned out. we always just get the back-top of her head in those pics.

 This is the most pitiful thing. Both hands out on the bars of her kennel, she doesn't make a sound. She just stares at you.

 Eventually she gives up, but she keeps staring. What a cute little creep-o.

 Here's the Blue Ridge Mountains.

 Here's James driving. He is not expressive.

 Here am I, sitting. I am too expressive.

 Here's the Smokey Mountains.

 Here they are again.

 Alright, I was bored and all I had to do was play with our camera. You should see all the pics of stuff out the window I'm not including.

 MOUNTAINS. They're very brown due to the severe lack of trees.

And this is the inside of a tunnel out of focus. Write "synergy" across the bottom and it's a business inspirational poster.