| While South Carolina's coastal location offers the | | | | catch something, day after day. You see people |
| United States, indeed the world, a beach vacation for | | | | barely on their last breaths, attached to ventilators and |
| wonderfully affordable prices, this 2008 economic year | | | | medication lined up. You see people finely dressed with |
| has been something of a let-down for the hospitality | | | | high-end fishing gear at the ready. You see people just |
| industry. Some people traveled anyway, though, so | | | | out to take some pictures, take in some sun rays, and |
| there must be something to the old adage about | | | | take in the fresh air, whether they catch a fish or not. |
| people getting what they want when they want it. | | | | Everyone mingles and mixes. Others less interested in |
| Whether motives lean to stress release or just having | | | | fishing come to town to listen to shagger's beach |
| fun, certainly people have lots of choices here on the | | | | music or enjoy the holiday lights and boat regattas or |
| Grand Strand, even in winter. Our beautiful coastline, | | | | just hang out at the mall. This Grand Strand is a |
| our sights, our diverse people, and our wide array of | | | | magnet for people. |
| free things to see and do meet the needs of tight | | | | Whether the travelers' interests lie in fishing, biking, |
| budgets. Those wanting a bit more peace and quiet | | | | dancing, golfing, just poking around in flea markets and |
| than town life might consider the Cherry Grove section | | | | produce stands out in the country, they are all people |
| of North Myrtle Beach with tranquility and things to do. | | | | who like to connect with other people, as the old song |
| Sure, the beach draws a large amount of interest in | | | | says ("people needing people"). |
| travelers' interest of our area, even in winter. Soothing | | | | So, in our current unsettled economy, we in the Myrtle |
| water rhythms, water sports, deep sea diving, bargains | | | | Beach area take pride in THAT type of |
| in sale items at off-season, but the beach runs the | | | | enrichment-connecting to other people. Our |
| length of the Grand Strand (that is, Georgetown to | | | | tourist-based economic growth might not have risen |
| Little River). In between, the culture varies quite widely. | | | | as much as hoped in this calendar year, but the world |
| Because of Southern hospitality, many first-time visitors | | | | has experience an economic set back as a whole. |
| come back to seek out ways to have fun and to | | | | The beauty of our location and our culture here (and |
| connect with each other. Anglers, for example, sitting | | | | the reason why people come here to visit, some |
| on the Cherry Grove Fishing Pier can either chat to | | | | ultimately to live) is that this mid-Atlantic area exudes |
| their railing-mates or not. People who meet as | | | | life, connection, energy. Whether people sense these |
| strangers end up coming back year after year and | | | | qualities from the ebb and flow of the sea or from the |
| evolve to be life-long friends, simply because they | | | | diverse culture that we have in this area, who knows. |
| shared a piece of the pier to fish. Total strangers care | | | | People are enriched here. Hope to see YOU |
| about each other, too. You see single older people | | | | somewhere here along the Grand Strand! |
| there there with a pole and line in the water, hoping to | | | | |