I booked my Erie trip last February from a hotel room up in Sanata Barbara wine country, on a trip with Ryan and his Mom and Dad. I don't think I ever got to write anything about that trip (the winter kind of blurred past) but it was wonderful. We had amazing weather and it was really nice having Ryan's folks out to visit on our side of the country.
The food, the wine and the weather were all perfect, just one of those all around relaxing, super enjoyable trips you don't want to end. Back to the trip booking, Ryan and I had done it without knowing that Ryan's Mom had rented a beach house on Murril's Inlet in Myrtle Beach. Thus, the back to back Erie/Myrtle Memorial Week Extravaganza was born. Or as I like to think of it, my first all grownsed up vacation that wasn't a glorified three day weekend.
After four and half days in Erie (that went by waaaaay too fast), we headed to South Carolina for a week of pure chilling time. The house itself was gorgeous, right on the sand with a million decks, and I spent every day on a nice cycle of eating, swimming, beach-walking and reading..and reading and reading.
(Front deck view (above) and back deck view (below))
We visited the local sculpture gardens and zoo, did a little daytrip for southern food in Georgetown, rented a boat and cruised the inlet, and even had cocktails on goat island. Peacocks and goats on an island? Sure, ok.
(Ryan, clearly schooling me on something, below)
So, let me just say, I LOVED this trip. I'm always thrilled to jump all over and see a million things, but this was days and days of back to back, good ol' nothin' to do. Definitely spoke to my inner couch potato. I got to sit in a rocking chair for hours and just read and relax without feeling like I was wasting the days. Warming my bones in the sun, with a nice breeze and a pile of books.
I'm going to need to pencil in more of this 'vacationing' thing :)
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