We're Back

Myrtle Beach was pretty awesome. As I'm sure you noticed from the lack of posts last week, we stayed pretty busy. The weather was a little iffy the first couple of days so we filled that time with a little shopping and a trip to the Ripley's Aquarium. We did get some beach time in and managed to not get burned. We saw one dinner show while we were there, the Dixie Stampede. I was afraid it was going to be pretty hokey but it turned out to be a lot of fun and the food was far better than I ever thought it would be. The best meal we ate though was at a Brazilian restaurant called Rioz. We've never had the chance to eat at a Brazilian steakhouse before and the experience did not disappoint. It was expensive, but I think that DeAnne and I got our money's worth out of it.

The other big thing that we did was we got our picture taken holding a baby tiger. There was a preserve in the area and they had a station at a shopping area where they brought some tigers to each day for the public to have their picture taken. We only got to hold the tiger for a few brief seconds but it was still a pretty amazing experience. DeAnne has the pictures but she hasn't scanned them in yet. I'm sure as soon as she gets a chance she'll have them up. It was the one thing that she really wanted to do while we were there and I think it pretty much made the trip for her.

Other than that we did a good bit of shopping. There were two outlet malls and a couple of open-air shopping centers, so DeAnne was pretty much in heaven. We also went on a guided tour of the area that my Mom had set up. We drove around in a Jeep and got to hear a lot about the history of the area. It was really interesting and we got to see a lot of stuff that we never would have thought to look for.

It was a great time and it ended way to quickly but it's good to be back home. We got back early enough Sunday that we were able to make it to church Sunday night and it was a great way to cap off the week. See you on Thursday.

--Paul