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. 

We're Here - Finally!

After a pretty long and arduous journey here to Myrtle Beach, we've finally arrived, and are settled (somewhat?) in our new apartment. We still have to wait for the Relo-Cubes to arrive, but after packing them up, I have to tell you, I was extremely pleased with our decision to go with those instead of renting a UHaul. I've been able to track our cubes the entire way, and it's made our lives less stressful. 

Okay, so, now on to the good stuff. Our apartment is simply adorable, and located on the 3rd floor of our complex, called Palmetto Pointe. We are about 15 minutes away from the beach itself, so we're not completely overwhelmed by tourism, and I'm glad that was the choice we made.

I know, I know, the good stuff right? Here are some pictures of our new apartment.

Welcome home Pam and Silas!

2 seconds in the apartment, Tyggy has found a hiding spot. 

This is our new kitchen, with our breakfast bar, and the door at the end leads to our super spacious laundry room!

Our new living room, complete with wood fireplace and double doors out to our balcony!

A better view of that fireplace!

One of our two very spacious bathrooms. Don't you love all of the counter space?

This is obviously my closet. Silas can have his pick of any of the other 4 in the house. I could seriously live in a closet this size.

And so concludes our house tour. At least for now. The rooms all look like nondescript squares, and because they're all white, you can't really get a good idea on the size of them from photos alone. I'll post more once we get our stuff filled into the rooms, and we'll continue to post as we redesign our living space. For now - we ordered comfort food, and Papa Johns is on their way of course. We really miss Rochester, but we think we'll start to feel better as we get our things loaded into the house. Until tomorrow!