Vacation 2011 - Sunset Beach

After an 11 hour hour drive, we arrived at our condo around 6:30 PM eastern time.  This year we reserved a 3 bedroom condo on the Oyster Bay golf course, a departure from past years when we stayed at Sea Trails or Brunswick Plantation.  The condo was nice and very large. 

By 9:00 PM we began to notice that it wasn't getting any cooler inside.  A quick inspection found that while the fan was running, the outside compressor was not.  It was not a big deal since temperatures that night were in the low 80's outside and high 70's inside.  But with the forecast of heat moving in, a quick fix was the only thing that would save the vacation.  Luckily, the homeowner we rented from realized the critical nature of AC at a vacation condo and was able to get a repairman out on Sunday morning to fix the problem.  Disaster was narrowly averted.

The six days from Sunday through Friday were remarkably similar.  The only things that changed much were the golf courses we played at and the restaurants we ate at.  Golf and seafood are the attractions of Sunset Beach.  Our condo was located within 5 miles of 10 or more courses, and about the same number of seafood restaurants. 

Terri shanked it right

We played at The Pearl East, The Farmstead (above), Oyster Bay, The Meadowlands, Lion's Paw, Panther's Run, and The Valley.  All were great courses in primo condition with the exception of The Valley, a par 70 executive course that had just aerated their greens.  We played there as a second round of the day on our final day in Sunset Beach.  Each of us had our good days and our bad days.  All of us had a bad day on The Valley course as our golf muscles were complete worn out by then. 

There are more seafood restaurants in Calabash (seafood town near Sunset Beach) that time enough to eat at each.  We made a valiant attempt.  In order, we ate at Twin Lakes, Emma's, Southern Gravy, Captain Nance's, Damon's, Oyster Bay Clubhouse, Greenside(?), Southern Gravy (again), The Grapevine, Granny Allyn's Diner, Crabby Oddwater's, Sunrise Pancake House, and Dockside. Between the 4 of us, we didn't have a single bad meal.  Twin Lakes, The Grapevine and Southern Gravy were the best in my opinion. 

Thursday evening on the beach

We did find the time to spend one afternoon at the pool, another in Myrtle Beach, and one evening walking the beach.  Otherwise, our time was spent golfing and eating.  It is what old people do.  Our last night in Sunrise Beach was used to make our third trip to The Creamery - it has become a tradition to spend our last evening there.

Is SILC trying to smack BILL?