Myrtle Beach

Sunrise at North Myrtle Beach

Decided it was time to start Blogging again. I will have two Blogs going. One that is about my life as a diabetic and the stuff we deal with there. The other is going to be about our travels as a family. I think it will contain reviews and discussions about our travels as well as some fun stuff about the way we plan the trips. 

Recently Kristy and I traveled to North Myrtle Beach for a week long stay at the PepperTree Ocean Club Resort. The picture above is from our little deck there. I'll tell you more about the resort in just a bit. First I'd like to tell you about the Myrtle Beach area in General and then about the resort. In later posts I explain, Broadway at the Beach, Barefoot Landing, and what we thought of the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk. I may also do some thoughts and reviews of the different restaurants we ate in. First though, Myrtle Beach. 

This was our first trip to the Myrtle Beach area and whenever we are going someplace I try to educate myself as much as possible before we go. Looking at maps, reading reviews, watching YouTube videos about the area. In one video I was watching Myrtle Beach was described as being a lot like the host would imagine Branson with an Ocean. I have to admit I found that to be a very apt description. If you like Branson you'll love Myrtle Beach. Kristy and I though were a left a little disappointed by it. Admittedly we did not have a great week weather wise and were not able to enjoy the beach at all, other than going for an occasional walk.  There have been other northern beach towns we've gone to in November though, and enjoyed ourselves a lot more. I think it has something to do with the Layout of the area. 

We stayed in North Myrtle Beach which is a lot more residential. There were really no restaurants along the beach, no Boardwalk and nothing to do unless you got in your car and drove out 17. Hwy 17 runs from Myrtle to North Myrtle and really is that Branson style road. All of your souvenir shops, restaurants and attractions are along 17.  Don't get me wrong there is plenty to do and plenty eat, Kristy and I just love the other beach towns we've been to where we can walk to places along the beach and not have to spend so much time in the car. 

If you like shelling you will love North Myrtle Beach. There were many people out looking for shells and plenty of shells to pick up and take with you. I even saw a sand dollar laying out on the beach on one of my walks. North Myrtle Beach also seemed to be very dog friendly. Many people walking on the beach with their pets and the local entertainment center, Barefoot Landing, had many dog friendly businesses. 

Here is a link to a FB video I did of one of my walks Walk to CherryGrove Pier.

As far as the PepperTree Ocean Club. It was, in my opinion, serviceable. It wasn't great but it wasn't terrible. The room was small but clean. It was an ocean view. The pool was great and I saw guys out there working on it and keeping it clean each morning, even while it was 40 degrees and the high was only expected to be 60. We stayed in a one bedroom unit that was tiny. The bed was low to the floor and a bit uncomfortable and we both believed the Kitchen should have been described as limited. When the resort got busier towards the weekend we realized very quickly how noisy the rooms could end up during the busy season. All in all a serviceable resort. Not one I would say, "Wow you gotta check this out!" but not one that I would say, "Don't go there," either. 

I did love the sunrises North Myrtle Beach Sunrise Video

At the end of the day I guess We left Myrtle Beach with the idea that if that was our one choice for a beach town we wouldn't complain but if there are others we would go there.