The Carolinas have a large number of amazingly wonderful, family-oriented vacation beaches; Myrtle Beach is not one of them.
However, Myrtle Beach does serve the useful function of attracting the trash and keeping it concentrated in one place, leaving all of the other beaches trash-free.
Isle of Palms, Seabrook Island and Kiawah Island are all very nice, but totally different from MB if you are looking for things like putt-putt, amusement park rides and arcades to keep young children entertained. I enjoyed going to MB when I was little (I thought the Gay Dolphin gift shop was the greatest thing ever), and the times we stayed at North Myrtle Beach, which was much less developed in the 1970s, I thought we were in the boondocks. The wide, clean, uncrowded beaches at NMB were wonderful, though.
I need to take a virtual drive through MB via GoogleEarth to see what the place looks like now.
Hi catnipman,
I recently relocated to Western SC (Greenville) from NYC. I have been wanting to do a “tour” of the SC coast for my vacation.(never been there) MB had been one of my destinations, though no longer, after reading this thread. Could you reco some nice spots & areas for me to visit. I’m fond if camping, too, to save money & enjoy sights along the coast.
TIA, ~R