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MYRTLE BEACH |
Birthplace of Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White, MYRTLE BEACH is a
brazen splurge of seaside fun, an unmitigated stretch of commercial
development twenty miles down the coast from the North Carolina border
at the center of the sixty-mile ''Grand Strand.'' Predominantly a family
resort, it's packed fit to burst during mid-term vacations with leering,
jeering students in fluorescent beachwear if you've seen the movie Shag
, you'll know what to expect. Fans of crazy golf, water parks, factory
outlet malls, funfairs and parasailing will be in heaven, and the beach
itself isn't bad. The widest stretch is at North Myrtle Beach, a chain
of small communities among which Ocean Drive is the center.
South of Myrtle Beach lie Murells Inlet , a fishing port with lots of
good fish restaurants, and Pawleys Island , a secluded resort once
favored by plantation-owners and today retaining a far slower pace than
its neighbors. Between the two on Hwy-17 is the beautifully landscaped
Brookgreen Gardens (summer daily 9.30am9.30pm; rest of the year
9.30am5pm; $8.50; tel 1-800/849-1931), a former rice and indigo
plantation with an outdoor display of American figurative sculpture, and
the setting for many of Julia Peterkin's novels of gullah life. There's
also a wildlife sanctuary, where you're likely to spot alligator and
deer, and an hour-and-a-half boat tour around the area.
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from $62.99
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