Day 9 Little River sights

Day 9 day trips around Little River, SC
Today we continued driving around the town of Little River, seeing the local sights. This morning we started the day with a long walk around the huge, beautiful, and apparently new Park and Sport Complex of North Myrtle beach, located about a five minute drive from where we were staying.

The park is a fantastic array of ball fields, playgrounds, dog parks, outdoor theaters, hiking and biking trails, a war memorial, concessions, a lake, and a ropes course. In addition to being beautifully maintained, there were multiples, from two to six of each kind of recreation area.

The rope course was a bit pricey, but looked very professional and great fun. Here is only a piece of it. This feature contained acres of zip lines, Burma bridges, towers, platforms and more.  All the participants received instruction in the use of climbing harnesses and the help of a professional guide.

After an enjoyable hike around the park we headed back to Little river and a little restaurant near the water.

Crab Catchers was located on the ICW next to an enormous casino ship.  The seafood gumbo was outstanding as were the fish taco's, crab cake sandwich, and haddock.  One nice feature was the option to have any of the entrees broiled rather than fried.
 

The final treat of the day was a long walk along a wide sandy ocean beach that seemed to go on for ever. We put in several miles walking across the firm sand before heading back to our car and another stop at a quality consignment store, of which there appear to be plenty in this town.

Tomorrow we say goodby to Ernie and Little River and head back north, with a few stops along the way in North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.  After the warm sunny weather most of the last week, we won't enjoy the cold and snow back home, but we hope those are both temporary.

Visiting is fun, but it is also nice to see the country along the way.