Myrtle Beach's Best Time of the Year ... Shhhhhh: Part II | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's note: This is the second installment of a multiple part series. The first segment may be accessed by clicking here.

We wouldn't want too many folks to know about this perfect time at the beach, for obvious reasons.

    Myrtle Beach has its best days, often, when there are fewer tourists to enjoy them. Those are the special days - fewer people, better weather.

    These are the days of the year, when there is less space between the sunrises and the sunsets, and daylight moments must be cherished as Summer ends, and the short road toward winter begins.
The beach this week was completely controlled by the wave action from the distant remnants of Hurricane Leslie. It was still a wonderful week: Above and below. photos by Stan Deatherage   Click the picture to expand to as much as 1000 pixels wide within most expanded images, and then push the arrows embedded in the center edge of the play-box to access the gallery, and slide new images into viewing within the center of the screen.
    To continue the theme of sand, salt air and foam, we have to understand how we all have come to, literally, come to Myrtle Beach. Where is the beginning of providing the access to all this fun and natural beauty?

    It is general information that over 14 million folks visit the Myrtle Beach each yearly, but just what made made Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach?
Myrtle Beach becomes the eclectic destination that it is by virtue of those who visit it. Here, I happened upon a Christian faith based Zumba line, the core of which were from Houston, Texas, exercising, and performing out in front of the Springmaid Resort complex: Above and below. photos by Stan Deatherage   Click the picture to expand to as much as 1000 pixels wide within most expanded images, and then push the arrows embedded in the center edge of the play-box to access the gallery, and slide new images into viewing within the center of the screen.
    What gives Myrtle such an eclectic feel is that America is one of the most diversely interesting nations, because of its people. Because of Myrtle Beach's location in South Carolina coastline bends more west, while the coast, just south of the North Carolina boundary, far north that it is easily accessible from the Northeast, and the near Midwest of the United States. Even folks from Canada find their way to Myrtle Beach for the golf, and the vastly warmer weather, even in the Winter. Remarkably, because of Myrtle Beach's proximity to central North Carolina, Myrtle Beach is a magnetic draw to the tremendous number of people who reside here in the Old North State, with big name cities: Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina.

    No wonder Franklin Burroughs, the forefather of the Burroughs and Chapin empire, in 1881 when he bought much of this huge tract of land from the Withers family, who had owned the tract by land grant, had the distinct foresight to foresee that this geography would be perfect for future development into an oceanfront destination.
The Zumba line went on for nearly an hour, and at one point, had nearly 200 people participating. In the end, only the hardcore Zumba devotees were still pushing to achieve that Zumba Zen place: Above and below. photos by Stan Deatherage   Click the picture to expand to as much as 1000 pixels wide within most expanded images, and then push the arrows embedded in the center edge of the play-box to access the gallery, and slide new images into viewing within the center of the screen.

    Franklin Burroughs died in 1897, and did not live to see any of his efforts come into fruition; however, one can only wonder just what he would make of the north south sprawl of the Myrtle Beach Grand Strand.
The Springmaid Pier in September: Above and below. photos by Stan Deatherage
The sun rises the sun sets - the sun sets over the western shore of the inland water at Garden City, Horry County's most southernmost beach: Above. the sun begins to rise near Myrtle Beach State Park, Myrtle Beach's most southern point: Below.     photos by Stan Deatherage

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