Just a quick morning post. We are checking out here at 11 and then going to the other hotel. We probably won't be able to check in, but we will be registered and hopefully can get our preferred room.
I might not be able to post again until this afternoon or possibly this evening. Here are a few morning beach pictures for you.
So, we went to eat at the K&W cafeteria. We were able to eat in! Whoo-hoo! That was pretty darn yummy. After we ate, we went to three Goodwills. One of them was closed. The other two were fun. At the first one, I didn't find anything, but in the second one, I got a French/English dictionary, a little wallet, a cute mini robot coloring book, and a pair of Sharpie highlighters new in the package. Pretty cool.
This is the second time writing up this post. The first time it wouldn't let me add anything to it, so I saved to draft. It didn't save. D'oh! So, I'm typing it up again. I'll be adding a picture that I took from the front of the hotel that looks down on the strip. I took it before it got dark. Enjoy!
What a trip! I walked on the Boardwalk to the Pavilion area and beyond! :P. I got down to the first Starbucks that I pass (Bayview Resort) and I stopped in and got a frappuccino. I drank it on their outside tables and it was delicious. I then walked back on the Boardwalk and went to The Gay Dolphin and wandered around in there. I love that store. I got a shirt, some vintage postcards and a little bag. I went from there across the street to I Love Sugar and got almost a pound of candy! I got everything I was looking for except one thing. They were out of those. I then walked to the oceanfront Starbucks.
I got a water and a bag of chips. I wanted to sit in for a bit so I bought the chips and the water. It was nice to sit in a Starbucks for the first time in ages. Being an oceanfront Starbucks made it that much better. I enjoyed my time there and then moved on so that others might have a chance to come in and sit.
I stopped by Pier 14 and looked around. I found a little crochet manta ray. He is teal/turqoise and he is so cute! I had to have him. I bought that and then headed back. I stopped at 2nd Ave. Pier, but I didn't go on or in. I came back here and took a quick cooling shower and put on clean clothes. My friend is getting ready and we are going to head out for some food soon. Not sure where but probably fast food. It will be yummy! Here are a few pictures to share. I'll share more later.
I went to bed right after midnight and I was able to sleep! I woke up several times during the night, but I fell back asleep each time. It was unbelievably nice to get to sleep like that. I feel like an actual human today! :P
The hotel here has coffee pots but no coffee for them! AHHHHHHH I will have to go and get some ..soon... lol. The hotel we are going to has single serve coffee makers (if they still have the same ones as when we stayed before) so they should have coffee available. I'm going to look on Google and see where the closest place is that I can get coffee. The nearest Starbucks is quite a walk away. There is a Dunkin closer. I will decide what to do. I need to eat something before I go out and I'm not ready to get dressed and go just yet. I will though as this is the only day we'll be staying this close to the SkyWheel / Pavilion area. I really want to go to a few storesup that way. I will pass a Starbucks on the way and there is the Oceanfront one... Mmmmmm Starbucks...
So, yeah, that is my day so far. LOL I have gotten some sleep and now it's just a time to decide what to do. I just checked and it's 82˚ here today. Yikes! I think that since this is the day I'll be closest to the Pavilion, I'll go there today. I just have to get myself up and going. I know once I eat some leftover pizza and head out, I'll be good. There are places I can get a snack on the way too, if I want. Yes, I guess it's Pavilion today. I'll try to take pictures to share later.
For now, I took a few pictures from the balcony just before coming to post this to share. Enjoy and I'll be back later this afternoon!
I have gotten my second wind and I'm a little more with it now. I wanted to post about the interesting thing that happened on my way to Myrtle Beach! My friend and I usually do this trip from Monday - Sunday. He had this planned well before Covid-19 and all that mess. When he found out that we would actually be allowed to go, he also found out that he would be off Friday, Saturday, and Sunday before the day we'd usually leave. What does this nut do? He books us a room at a different hotel for those two nights! LOL! Yes, we are here until Monday morning and then we change hotels. Fun, eh? Two extra days for having to move twice? I'm not complaining!
So, we were getting close to getting to Myrtle and his battery light comes on. Uh oh! Not good. He pulls over on a busy highway and risks life and limb to check under the hood. Everything looked okay, so he said since we were less than 10 miles from the hotel, we'd try our best to make it. Well, when we get in Mrytle, they have Ocean Boulevard only going ONE WAY. You have to get on a certain cross streets and go to your hotel. We didn't know this at first and we below ours and we were going to just drive up. NOPE. You can only go right onto Ocean Blvd. So, we had to go eight streets above our hotel and go through there. The car was struggling.
We get to the hotel and he sees a few parking spots near the front and he goes for it. The car dies right there. Luckily he was almost in the spot so he was able to maneuver it and park it. We went to hopefully check in. This was just before noon and check in is at 4pm! Of course the room wasn't ready but she said she'd call.
So, we can't go anywhere because of the car. This first hotel is right next to the beginning of the Beach Boardwalk so we go sit on a bench in the shade there. He does some looking online and calls around and finds an autoshop store that will deliver the parts here to the hotel. Score! They do and he hs been out working on putting the two parts on. Hopefully this will fix the problem. It's been a very long day and we are both tired to death.
We stopped at a Goodwill in Longs SC. My first thrift store in almost two months! I got really 'weird' in there. The only thing I could describe it was I felt like I was going to fall over in the floor. I actually stumbled into a clothing rack and was swaying badly. We checked out and then got on the road. It wasn't long after that the car issues started up so I was freaking out about feeling like I was dying and the car was trying to die too! I think the car and I are both better now. I hope he is coming back in soon with good news.
As for me, I felt better once I sat down in a cool environment. We ordered pizza and I ate three slices of that on the balcony with some of my beloved Mountain Dew (I AM NOT A NECKBEARD!) I just happen to love their drink of choice. D'oh! Anyway, I felt a lot better after eating and I've been just sitting and relaxing since. I am starting to feel like myself again but damn I'm hungry again. LOL
That pizza was almost six hours ago now so it's okay that I'm hungry. I want to wait for my friend to get done with the car and hope that was a success. I can eat leftover pizza or if the car is running we can risk it and go out in this insane traffic. AHHHH!
So, that was my day so far. I wanted to share with you. I didn't realise I would be writing my next novel right here in the blog. :P Here are a few more -pictures including that fabulous Hungry Howie's pizza!
I guess it's time to let you in on a little secret...
I guess you know what this means. I'll post more either later tonight or tomorrow. I didn't sleep at ALL last night and I'm totally out of it today. Wish me lots of luck on crashing HARD tonight!
If you have read my blog for a while, you know I love Evernote. I have Moleskine Evernote notebooks, en Evernote Jot stylus, and even some cool Evernote stickers. I added one more thing to my collection today. This awesome Evernote triangle messenger/laptop bag. It was originally sold via Evernote Marketplace. Sadly, they closed shop so it's hard to find anything except via eBay or other second hand methods. Well, I found my holy grail of Evernote items. (well, one of two. There is still a shirt I must have!) Anyway! I found two sellers with the Evernote commuter bag on eBay recently and I was able to snag one. It's so cool! It is very awesome. It takes up a small amount of space, but it has a lot of room inside! It is made to sit upright on the desk or surface you are using. I love it. I can't wait for things to get back to normal so I can take it to Starbucks. :)
I took a few pictures to share. I couldn't do outside pictures because of the rain, but I tried my best to use the best lighting. I swear the lighting in my house SUCKS! I should have filled the bag for one shot, but I didn't. Here is the outside and two shots of inside:
That little divider in the last picture can be moved. It originally came with two more of those, but I'm not complaining. I'm going to move that one down to the end and have it big enough to hold my laptop charger. I'll have the rest of the room for other stuff. That is the one thing about most laptop bags, they aren't really designed for chargers! This has room for it and so much more. I love that the front flap folds down so you can get to everything.
The seller also tossed in an unexpected bonus. A Moleskine travel journal! Awesome sauce! You know I love Moleskines! Such a nice surprise. ^_^.
