Other Vacation Highlights

Because Myrtle Beach is over 12 hours away from Gulf Shores, we decided to break our trip up into a few stages. We thought it would make us a much happier traveling family, since a cranky Mommy and an active toddler don't mix well with long car rides! So, we headed to Charleston first. It was on the way and we'd never been there before, so we thought it made an excellent stop-over point. We got to see the historic downtown, including the famous Rainbow Row, and really enjoyed the sites and the leisurely drive from there to Myrtle Beach.

As we came home, we met up with Bob & Randi for a couple of days in Atlanta. We hit up some of our favorite shopping & dining spots, including a stop at Ikea for some must-haves (like their cinnamon rolls....yummy!). We were thrilled with our great buys, but Hampton was much more interested in the "little boy" that lived in the mirrored closet door of our hotel room. He entertained himself the whole time running back & forth and squealing at himself in the mirror. We're sure the people below us LOVED that!

What a cutie (if we do say so ourselves)!

Hampton having way too much fun on the playground.

This was our favorite part of MB.....we could've stayed all night!

Broadway at the Beach, an awesome shopping/dining complex in Myrtle Beach

Rainbow Row in Charleston