Sunset on May 29th.

I took this shot looking toward the city of Myrtle Beach and the Myrtle Beach pier.

Terry on the pier at Myrtle Beach State Park. He bought that hat at one of the shops in Pawley's Island. Just what he needs, another hat :0) There were a lot of people fishing from the pier. One man caught a sea turtle and immediately park rangers converged on the scene. Sea turtles are endangered and they took great care in trying to get the hook out of it's mouth. They wrapped it in wet towels and were carrying it to a local vet when we left the pier. I believe they said it had swallowed the hook. I hope he or she was alright. It made me sad to see that beautiful creature that way, but it was an accident. You could tell the man who caught the sea turtle was upset.

I took this shot from the pier looking back toward our beach house. It's the last house you see in the picture.

After we left the pier, we walked over to the nature center in the park. This is one of many snakes they had. This is a glass snake. The following pictures were all taken at the nature center.

I think in all I took over 150 pictures on our last day at the beach. I'm still sorting through all of them, so I will be posting more. I was going to post last night, but after a 10 hour drive, I was too tired.

Ocean Waves

I'm posting the last of my Litchfield beach pictures. I hope
you've enjoyed them!


I'm looking forward to getting back to the beach very soon!


I can smell that salt air!


Nothing like the sound of ocean waves breaking :)

Beach House Knick Knacks

This awesome winding staircase was built by the owner of
the beach house we stayed in. I wanted to bring it home with
me :)


This carved wooden statue reminded me
of the Paul McCartney song "Uncle Albert,
Admiral Halsey".


Kind of scary!




This little metal sailing ship was sitting in the window sill in
the living room.


Barometer

Crepe Myrtle

This pretty Crepe Myrtle bush was growing in front of our
beach house in Litchfield, SC.

Moonrise Over the Atlantic

The full moon shining on the ocean and waves was absolutely
gorgeous!

Random Beach Pictures

Fun in the sun!


Ocean waves are mesmerizing.


I love this pelican weather vane.


Pelican post toppers


Looking down the beach towards Huntington Beach State
Park.

Ghost Beach

Actually it's Litchfield Beach, but these pictures are kind of
ghostly looking. I was experimenting with camera settings.
I had the ISO set at 1600 and the white balance set on
Tungsten. Very cool effects with the full moon shining on
the water and the seaoats in the foreground.








The beach house next to us was having their boardwalk redone.
The two end posts look like crosses. Creepy!

Sunset and Moonrise over Litchfield Beach

After a day or storms, a beautiful sunset!


Beach homes at sunset




The low pressure system off the coast plus a full moon made
for some interesting high tides.


I was very excited when I found out there
would be a full moon while we were at the
beach! Ahhhhhhh!

Daytrip to Pawley's Island 2

Beware the undertoad :)


Beautiful Pawley's Island!




Beach plant.


Sand dune and sea oats.