Memorable Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina holds so many treasured memories for our family from over the years! I’m not sure really how we landed there originally, but our little family fell in love with this location many years ago! The call of the Atlantic Ocean combined with the restaurants and classic car show each year had us returning! Going there will always be special to our family!
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“It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.”
—Ann Landers
From a very early age we would road trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina over our boys spring break from school. As the boys grew, each year it became more and more of a challenge to schedule this event because of school related challenges, sports schedules, and coordinating an older child’s schedule with a younger child’s schedule. Typically, we would take them out of school for a longer vacation and this became more and more difficult as they grew.
Looking back now, I do not regret one minute of pushing the limits with the schools and sports to carve out this very special time for our family to share together. We made so many special memories that will forever be tucked away in all of our hearts!
Our boys have grown into young men now. We are transitioning to our almost empty nest as our youngest is a senior in highschool and our oldest is a junior in college. Time just flew right by us. We were tough parents, but fervent in our daily love and prayers over our boys.
My husband would patiently teach them all the “man stuff” while I tried to soften the edges with continual obvious life lessons. I also incorporated lessons of chivalry and gentlemanly behaviors that we expected daily from them. Their future wives will thank me one day! I can remember several times standing in front of a car door patiently waiting until one of the boys would notice that I was not getting in the car as they had…one would get back out of the car to open my door for me, only then I would proceed to get in the car. Same for doors into restaurants, shops, or church, etc. They were never allowed to begin eating a meal until the blessing had been said, all were seated, and the eldest female at the table had taken the first bite. Respect towards the hands that prepared the meal was a foremost lesson!
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
My husband taught them about fixing vehicles, changing tires and brakes, and wiper blades. How to hunt, fish, and survival skills in the wilderness. He taught them a work ethic. He led by example with how to treat a lady by being a great example to them with how he loves and respects me daily. He taught them how to pray, and how to be humble before the Lord through his own daily actions. He played with them, probably the biggest kid of all in the group.
Vacations were not just about being on vacation! It was an opportunity to learn new things, do things that you don’t always get an opportunity to experience. Explore the ocean and local fare of cuisine. Expand ourselves in new and different ways. Observe a slice of how others view their “normal” compared to ours. Trying new sports or activities that are only offered in this ocean setting, and ultimately gaining a confidence in the world around us!
Myrtle Beach, South South Carolina gave a lot to us on each visit and we fell in love in return! I watched my boys train for their sports daily on these trips as they would sprint the 2 miles from pier to pier on early morning runs when we would travel during one of their sports seasons. I remember a year when one of the boys had to send a selfie of himself after he ran each day to a coach.
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So many great things to remember: The shark tooth hunting on long walks with their Dad. Drinking coffee in the morning tranquility on the balcony with my youngest hanging out with me, or sunset walks on the ocean beach as the rising tide would creep up on shore! The sea shells! Oh the sea shells are amazing here!
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina provided us with the opportunity to view the wonders of ocean living through the world seen viewed through young impressionable eyes! This coastal family get-a-way location is such a unique and wonderful place for young families! Ocean Blvd. offers a boardwalk ocean side for families to wander and explore shops, restaurants, amusement rides, etc. Afternoon beachside food trucks or ice cream vendors can also be found easily. Pier restaurants can be enjoyed over the water for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Watching the boys try shark bites or local catch choices was always a joy to this mother’s heart!
We have so many wonderful memories here with our boys at “our spot!” These great memories will alway be treasurers when we visit Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in the future. This spot will forever be special to us and hopefully to our boys as they grow into their own someday!
My wish is that they will find “their spot” for their own families someday and continue the tradition of family bonding that seems to cement a family together from a shared experience like a vacation tradition.
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Do you have a vacation tradition? Where is a spot that you seem to return to over and over again out of a sense of comfort, familiarity, and fond memories?
Leave me a reply below to let me know where your vacation tradition is located or what it might be! If you don’t have one that is ok…where would you like it to become? What is your travel BUCKET LIST?
I look forward to hearing from you!
Inspirationally Yours,
Barbara
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A 1993 graduate of Michigan State University, Barbara earned a BS in Social Science Pre-Law. She is a Business Manager/HR Director. Her passion is travel, discovering new places, experiences, cuisine, cultures while enjoying temperate climates. Barbara is a newly transitioning empty-nester who became a travel blogger. She’s a great photographer, talented writer, and has a great family to highlight in her high school/college athlete football sons.
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59 Comments
Holly
What an amazing trip you had! Your children are very lucky to have such wonderful parents and experiences that will change their lives forever! It’s been years since I’ve been to Myrtle Beach.. I’m ready to go back again!
Barbara Robinson
I hope to always have these moments to share with our children as they become more independent!
Christina Siwik
Haven’t been there in years but have fond memories.
Sara
Whoa! What an awesome sand castle area. That looks like so much fun.
Barbara Robinson
It was! It was sad when the tide came in and washed it all away! Oh well…they started again the next day for that days entertainment!
Kristin
I love the prayer from Deuteronomy. We take that to heart in our family too. We’ve vacationed in many spots through the years, never settling on a tradition. That could come, though, perhaps maybe with the grandkids and extended family one day.
Jill DeMasi
What nice family memories you guys have made! We went to Myrtle Beach last year and it was nice but so hot. I visited a spa there and got a wonderful relaxing massage that was the best I ever had. We loved going over to the boardwalk and trying out the bars and restaurants!
Barbara Robinson
It is a great place for families!
Leeandra
This sounds like a really memorable family trip!
Barbara Robinson
Yes…annually!
Carey
I love the sandcastle you built! I’ve heard nothing but great things about Myrtle Beach.
Sydney Delong
What wonderful memories! You raised your boys wonderfully I am sure, and hope I can raise mine that way! My family would got Harrisville State Park in Michigan every summer, and is still my favorite campground.
Lisa Manderino
That sand castle is amazing! That is awesome that you used these family moments to teach and help you boys become men!
Barbara Robinson
Each travel is a teachable moment for all of us, right!
Alyssa
I think it’s important to have a special place to visit with your family, of course if it’s in budget. What a great post showcasing your families fondest memories!
Barbara Robinson
I hope the tone wasn’t too sad, it was more of a reflection on missing my boys being little, but joy at the fact that they are not little anymore!
Alexis Farmer
Awesome story! Love how Myrtle Beach has become a place of significance and fond memories for you guys
Barbara Robinson
I think a part of my heart will remain stuck in time there with little boys that are now men!
Cindy
I haven’t visited this beach! I must. And I love that it’s been your family “spot”! What great memories for your children.
Alice
Wow I love your family values you are teaching your kids. As a single mom I tried to take my kids camping and other places when they were growing up. Their father took them places and taught them to fish.
Megan
What a fun place! And it sounds like you and your husband have done a great job teaching your boys some important life skills! Great job!
Debbie
We have wonderful memories of Myrtle Beach too! We don’t have a traditional vacay spot. We just love to travel all over!
Sabrina DeWalt
Raising boys was such a joy. It is a huge undertaking to teach them how to be gentlemen with everything else they need to know. Our special beach is Isle of Palms, SC.
Barbara Robinson
I’ll check that out. Thanks!
Chelsea
I love the photo from 11 years ago with all of the sand castles! That’s impressive! My kids would love that.
Barbara Robinson
That was a fun trip! Each night the tide would wash it out…each new sunny day they would re-build a new, better, improved version…it was a good time! Great memories!
Mariah French
I love this! My family always went to Massanutten, Virginia growing up, but Myrtle Beach has always been on my bucket list.
Barbara Robinson
I’ll check that out, thanks!
Kristina
I love this! We look forward to going to Myrtle Beach for our first time sometime soon! My husband’s family tradition since he was little was going to St Andrews in Panama City Beach, and we still try to go whenever we can!
Barbara Robinson
We went to PCB one year. The hotel was a let down, so we moved on…maybe it’s time to try again!
Tricia Snow
North Georgia is our spot! I have yet to get to Myrtle Beach but it is on the list! Thanks!
Karie
Sounds like you did good! It is so important to make these memories and teach our children. When my grandfather passed I realized how those memories were more important than anything I could ever own. We have a few places we keep going to …Christmas tree hunts and Mexico. Great times
Suzan | It's My Sustainable Life
When my daughter was younger, we loved anywhere there was a beach! Although we never visited Myrtle Beach, it looks like a beautiful spot as well!
Barbara Robinson
Yeah! I agree…it’s gotta have a beach! 🙂
heather J jandrue
We vacation in Topsail, NC, which is about an hour or so north of Myrtle Beach. That area is so beautiful. The beaches are gorgeous.
Barbara Robinson
Beautiful!
Elaina Mogren
This is one of my must travel places. What an amazing trip, thanks for sharing.
Lisa S
Neither of us have been to Myrtle Beach, thank you for sharing your memories and all the fun times!!
Charlene Hartley
I love the idea of having a travel destination that you always return to. We have not done that and I wish we had. We’ve always been more focused on exploring new places. It would be nice to have a tradition, though.
melissa
Family vacations are the best. It’s wonderful to be able to just focus on family time and making memories and not the scheduled chaos of normal life. We love going up to the mountains in NH each year; it’s a tradition my parents started when I was young and I’ve continued it with my family.
Kendra
What an incredible experience for your family. I’ve always wanted to visit Myrtle Beach.
Amanda
What a fun vacation tradition! Lots of happy family memories.
Marianne
We spent a couple of days in Myrtle Beach during our Epic Road Trip. They were days meant to relax and unwind after a go go go type schedule. We loved it! The kids still talk about being one of the fave stops. (They didn’t find any shark teeth, so they keep hinting we need to go back!).
Taquia
What an amazing trip and incredible experience to share as a family! Myrtle Beach is one of my favorite places to visit.
Pam
I love this! We typically switch up our fall, spring break and summer vacations, but every winter without fail we go to Boyne Michigan for a long weekend (sometimes two) to ski, shop the small towns and take a fun family break. It has become harder with sports and school events, but we do make it happen. Wonderful family memories and it really does feel like “our spot.”
Barbara Robinson
How cool for you to say that! I am from BOYNE! Both of my sons work as ski tech’s at Boyne Mountain from Thanksgiving through Christmas break! Small world! So, ironic…your tradition is where we plan to get away from 🙂 “your spot!” The long winters are just that…long! We try to travel a few times during winter to break it up! Summers (unfortunately too short) are a TRUE pleasure though!
Missy
I love sandcastles, great job. I also liked the Ann Landers quote.
alison netzer
I love this post. It is so wonderful that you have that one place filled with so many memories and continued memories. We have a place like that as well, a beach we go to every year since our kids were babies. So important to create that family time and family fun place. Your kids will always remember it as their happy place.
Barbara Robinson
Thank you! Yes! Family time & creating memories for our children are paramount!
Michele
I have not visited Myrtle Beach since spring break my senior of high school. Let’s just say that I am sure it has changed a lot since then. I would love to revisit!
Donna Garrison
I think family traditions are so important, especially making time away from regular life to connect and have fun. I have many fond memories of our family tradition growing up of going away to a cabin by the ocean for a week or two each summer. Those times stuck in my head, when many other things from my youth haven’t. This is a good reminder to create family memories. My daughter and I have a yearly girls camping trip, It’s usually only a few days, but I hope to inspire her to never think her abilities are limited, because she is girl. I’d like to have something all members of our family participate in as well. Thank you for the reminder of the importance.
Lori Nielsen
I’ve heard of Myrtle Beach, and have wanted to visit and see what it was all about. It looks like a destination that my grandkids and I would enjoy!
kmf
So many fabulous memories, lessons and experiences on your traditional vacation destination. We treasure our family getaway memories especially since my son just graduated from college.
Cindy Mailhot
That is an amazing sandcastle and made me rethink my idea of a sand castle!
Maya
Beautiful place & memories!
Hannah
My grad school alma mater is in South Carolina! We weren’t there very long – just enough time for me to walk in my graduation ceremony, but we definitely want to go back and explore! Myrtle Beach will HAVE to be on our list!
Amanda
Barbara, I love your site and always enjoy how you tuck little life lessons into your family moments. No wonder you all cherish such wonderful family memories. Thanks for sharing those now with the world.
Barbara Robinson
Thank you for saying that. I appreciate the encouragement!
heather J Jandrue
What a fantastic post. I loved all that you shared. I would say it is Disney and Disney cruises. We have gone every year since the boys were small and we have the best memories.