Myrtle Beach -January 2 - January 8

January 2 - in between church services we decided to go to Huntington Beach to enjoy seeing the birds.  It was quiet there, as if the birds knew that a storm was coming.  With coffee in hand, we strolled out onto the causeway to see what was there. We walked further up the causeway and found some beautiful Roseate Spoonbills.  We were quire surprised as they usually head to Florida for the winter.  There was at least 5 there.   We didn't stay long though as the rain came chasing them all away. 

January 3 - today we experienced a really high and really low tide like we have never seen before.   The tide came right up to the dunes and even went into them.  It was pretty incredible to see.  The weather turned colder, but still warmed up nicely in the afternoon.  It was extremely windy and I suspect that this was the contributing factor to the water being so high.  Chairs were blown into the pool and tables were over turned.  It was pretty crazy.

January 4 - today we decided to drive to North Myrtle Beach and explore Cherry Grove Beach.  This area is said to have "lots" of sharks teeth.  Well I don't know about "lots" but Ralph sure found a big one!  We were pretty excited by that!!

January 5 - Golf Day!!  We went golfing at Litchfield Golf and Country Club today, We were really looking forward to this!!  The weather forecast was perfect.  Ralph was evening planning on wearing short.  It's a good thing he didn't because it started rain on the 3rd hole and didn't stop until the 16th hole.  After that the sun came out and warmed things up.  We stopped for a short while at Huntington Beach to enjoy the birds for a while.  Needless to say we were pretty tired when we got home so it was an early night!!

January 6 - we were up early today and on the road by 6:15.  We had read about a Sharks Museum in Aurora, North Carolina that sounded really intriguing.  It was a little over 3.5 hours to get there, but what a fun day we had.  The Museum offered two "sand pits" where you could dig for sharks teeth.  Since our goal was to find a tooth a day for Brody, we thought this was the perfect opportunity to "stock up".  We dug for almost 4 hours and found roughly 270 teeth.  How amazing is that!  It sure was fun!  We were back in Myrtle Beach around 6:30.  It sure was a "full day" but one we will remember for a long time.  We got pretty dirty and it took 3 rounds in the washing machine to finally get our clothes clean.

January 7 - today was a catchup day.  Time to do grocery shopping and beach walking.  It was a nice relaxing day.  We had bible study as well in the evening.  It was nice to be together with our group. It was a good lesson on "fasting".

January 8 - overnight the weather turned pretty cold.  We dressed in our warm clothes and headed our for our daily walk.  Today was the first day that we found shells on the beach.  The waves were blowing in from a different direction and that may be the reason that I was able to find some. Later in the afternoon we went to Huntington Beach to enjoy the birds,   I have never seen as many "white" pelicans before.  The majority of birds right now are pelicans which we find pretty unusual.  The regular osprey was there, but very few ibis, egret and herons were around.  I hope they find their way there.  We miss them.