Places We Visited

These are a few more places we visited while at Cherry Grove last week. We went on into Myrtle Beach, of course.

This was one of my favorite stops. It's an eatery along the boardwalk in downtown
Myrtle Beach. It is where the music group Alabama got its start.

Always a good place to stop in and check out. Could there be a new guitar in my house? Hmm.

Prestons is an old favorite for meals. A little pricey these days, though.

This was at Broadway at the Beach. The round thing is a Ferris wheel without its cars; they were removed because of Hurricane Dorian. The house is upside down; some kind of amusement thing.

This is a huge mall. It would encompass every mall in Roanoke, I think.

No visit to the beach is complete without a stop at the Bass Pro. 

Thursday Thirteen

For your viewing pleasure, 13 miscellaneous photos from our trip to the beach. All photos taken with a Canon Powershot 3, which is my oldest camera.

This is Cherry Grove pier.

A close-up of Cherry Grove Pier from our balcony.

 

 

This guy paddled on this surfboard for a very long way.

 

I always liked this view, with the bend in the earth.

 

A storm coming in.

 

Almost a full moon over Cherry Grove Pier.

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Birds at the Shore

We saw a lot of birds at the shore.

This mallard was at the Bass Pro Shop. He didn't really look like a happy duck.

This was his mate.

These are pelicans flying across the ocean.

Seagulls

More seagulls. They gathered in great groups at times.

A Few Days by the Sea

Last week we spent several days in Cherry Grove, SC. That's north of North Myrtle Beach, near the North Carolina line. We postponed our trip a few days because of Hurricane Dorian, but after being assured that most of the Myrtle Beach area went undamaged, we headed down last Monday.

 

As you can see, everything looked rather normal. This end of the beach has developed a lot more than we knew, having not been to the shore in nearly a decade. We were surprised. Fortunately, things were not too crowded and we had a nice trip away from home.

Boats and Ships

Something we saw a lot of at Virginia Beach that we don't normally see at Myrtle Beach was boats and ships. Everyday we watched cargo and other boats sail across the horizon. It's not a sight we see often, so we enjoyed sitting on our hotel deck and watching them.

Miltary Aviation Museum

When we do finally settle in for our little vacation, we like to hunt up obscure museums. In Virginia Beach, we found the Military Aviation Museum.

This is a private collection of World War I and World War II aircraft. The hangers are even made from parts hauled over from England and Germany.

The aircraft has been restored and most of it is flyable. You could even go up in a plane if you wanted. I tried to get my husband to take a trip but he declined, and he didn't suggest I go up, either. He knew I probably would have taken the ride, I think!



Not sure I'd want to go up in something like this!

I'm afraid I didn't take notes on what the planes are or when they flew.

Many were much smaller than I expected. My husband here, is 6' 2", to give you an idea of the plane size.

This one was colorful.

Kind of hard to believe these things flew!

A decoration on one of the planes.

This plane was going to eat its enemies.

The wings were made of canvas, the tour guide said.

I liked the pink tips.

Couldn't get him to properly center in the aviator's suit.

This one had wings that folded up for shipping.



Bi-plane.



Some kind of fighter jet.



The single area that honored women in aviation.



Looking down over the planes.



Air suits.

We watched this plane take off. I think it was a P51 (?).

Supposedly the Red Barron's plane. Or one like it.

Checking out the instrument panel.

This allegedly was the type of plane the first woman aviator flew. The plane turned upside and she and
her co-pilot fell out because they didn't have seat belts.

The P51 (?) taking off.



Up and away.



You could take rides in this little bi-plane.

There she goes!