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In mid-April, my mom came to visit me in North Carolina. Her bestie Barbara has a house near Chapel Hill, so I met my mom at the Raleigh airport and we spent two lovely weeks together. The first week we stayed at Barbara’s house and then we took a trip out to the coast to see Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Savannah and everything in between. I love my mom so much, she is the raddest mom and so fun to travel with!

Here are some photos of us at Myrtle Beach:

Me on the Beach

Mom on the Beach

Myrtle Beach is seaside resort town for people to come vacation. There are so many golf courses and beach front seaside high rise hotels. It has a little bit of a Vegas vibe, meets Coney Island, meets Venice Beach. There are a lot of pawn shops and seaside crab shacks. On a side note, Myrtle Beach is also the home of the dance the Shag.

The most striking thing I noticed about Myrtle beach was the numerous epic miniature golf courses. I spotted at least 15 of these wonderfully over-the-top family fun centers all themed differently with hugh dramatic waterfalls, volcanos, and life-sized props. Some themes included: Bermuda Triangle (pictured below), dinosaurs, pirates, and Atlantis. They were all so impressive in a Las Vegas hotel facade kind of way. I wish I had taken more photos, but I was driving at the time.

Bermuda Triangle Epic Mini-Golf

I also spotted a huge amount of Malibu Dream Girl swimwear. My former workplace sells mainly to Florida and the East Coast, so I had never seen seaside shops with all our swimwear. It was neat to see design I created in massive amounts on the walls.

Malibu Dream Girl on the Walls of Myrtle Beach Seaside Shop

More updates coming from the mom/daughter adventure in following entries….