We are about to embark on our winter stay in Myrtle Beach. I've decided to update my blog weekly so as not to fill up peoples "mail boxes". Each week will reflect the fun that we've had while enjoying our time away.
December 26 - today is Ralph's 63rd birthday. We celebrated it by being up early and watching a beautiful sunrise this morning. Afterwards we had a nice walk before sitting down to watch church. It was a nice relaxing day.
During our walk we found a few sharks teeth. These are actually a pretty good size and we were excited to show them to Brody.
December 27 - Today was another beautiful day. Ralph and I were out walking early in the morning and wearing shorts and t-shirts. It's pretty amazing how warm it's been. I was planning another walk later in the afternoon and had told Ralph that I wasn't going to bring my camera as I didn't expect much of a sunset. I hadn't gone very far before I realized how wrong I was. I quickly went back to our room and grabbed my camera. Here are two of the shots that I took. I really wanted to capture the reflection in the sand as the sky was changing colour. It didn't last long, but while it was here it was very pretty.
December 29 - I saw my first Eagle today. That was really exciting to see. I saw it when we went out grocery shopping. We are now moved into our Condo for the rest of our stay. It's nice and comfortable with a great view of the ocean. This mornings sunrise was nice. I didn't go down to the beach this time but rather set up my tripod on the balcony. I prefer the pictures done at the beach level, but I was making coffee at the time and some days the colour changes so quickly
I went for a nice walk in the afternoon. It was quieter on the beach by the time I went out. I was amazed at the number of gulls and terns that were making their way to the beach. There was thousands of them in the water and on the beach. It was pretty interesting to see but a little intimidating when they all take to the sky and "woosh" directly overhead.
December 31 - I find it hard to believe that it's the last day of the year. We left for Myrtle Beach a week ago and the time has flown by. We're being careful and sticking close to our condo and the beach. It's busy here right now and I think it's actually busier because of the amazing weather that we have had. Yesterday was a rainy day and we enjoyed it by reading a couple of books. Once finished we are placing them outside of our room on a side table for others to enjoy. We've noticed that people are taking some of them back to their rooms which is nice to see.
This morning, it looked pretty stormy first thing, but then the sky exploded into colour. It made me think of fireworks. What a beautiful start to the last day of the year.
During the evening a really heavy fog rolled in off the ocean. It was a little disappointing as I had hoped to practice photographing some fireworks. There were still plenty that were set off, but the fog made it impossible to obtain any form of focus and I wasn't able to capture the beautiful display.
January 1 - Happy New Year! The fog from last night stayed until a little after noon today. Everything was damp outside. The temperature was nice though and made it nice later in the day for Ralph to do his Polar Bear dip. He wanted to do this to support his brother and nephews - who went into Lake Ontario yesterday. The water was pretty rough and the waves were quite high. I was glad that the sun was shining brightly when he went in so that he didn't get too cold.
It's been a good week. Next week we plan to get out and golf and visit Huntington Beach Reserve.
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