Sunrise Over Myrtle Beach

Yesterday, we woke up at 5:15am, to wander down to the beach and watch the sun rise. It was amazing. Here are the photos we took:

The Beach and Visiting Ripley's Aquarium

A few days ago, we were feeling kind of shabby, and wondering about our decision to move 800 miles away from family and friends to embark on this adventure. I would be lying if I said that a trip to the beach didn't help cure our woes for a sliver of time. This was our view, standing on the beach.

On Friday, we decided to head on down to Broadway on the Beach, which is home to a number of Myrtle Beach attractions, but one in particular had caught my eye. Ripley's Aquarium boasts an aquarium tunnel that visitors can go through, as well as being home to a number of interesting and strange marine animals.

Here are some of the views we saw while going through the aquarium:

Above, we were going through the tunnel inside of the aquarium. There aren't words for being propelled along the walkway within this huge aquarium tank and being surrounded on all sides by sharks, fish, turtles, eels, and other sea life. It was amazing. 

This is part of Ripley's "ray bay". They also offer the opportunity to swim with the rays in the upper portion of the tank. It's very cool. Upstairs, you're allowed to pet them as well.