Monday August 7th

Woke up this morning missing the sunrise by 20 minutes but sat out on the deck watching all those crazy joggers going up and down S. Waccamaw. Had some breakfast and headed out for the beach. Set up camp and then down to the ocean to catch some waves(Me the BIG surfer). Little Olivia had a make shift pool at the beach, I took our umbrellas and put them in a triangle and dug a small hole place a 5x7 tarp over the hole and let the kids bring buckets of water up to fill the pool. The kids tried to catch some fish and David caught some toy sharks.
Sloan brings another bucket of water to fill up the make shift pool. Around 2pm headed back to the house and had a small lunch and swam in the pool until it was time to get ready. Tonight we had call ahead seating for Margaritaville at 430, and when we got there they gave me a little scare as I was checking in and they had no record of us on their sheet. All I could think of was I have 17 people out here excited about dinner and now we would have to wait a couple of hours like the masses. They did some searching and realized that they had a copy of Sunday night’s list and when they found the right day there we were. It ended up being only about a 1 hour wait. I came outside to confirm with everyone that we were good to go and we could either shop in this section or head over to and wait in the outdoor bar area. The kids found a food dispenser to feed the fish and the ducks. Just then I saw a strange man watching my wife and then look at me like he was busted but then we recognized each other. It was none other than the infamous Ron (Ichiban). While his family was inside having dinner at Margaritaville,
he and I talked for most of our wait and then Phyllis, his daughter, son-in-law and their kids came outside. It was like seeing an old college buddy, catching up and scheduling a golf outing later in the week. Soon our Margaritaville buzzer was going off and when we came inside we were taken upstairs to our table. This picture was taken by a 3 year old while we were waiting for our dinners. Before ordering, the “Hurricane Party Alert” came up on the TVs and the kids rushed over to watch the hurricane do its thing.
The upstairs section is a lot calmer than eating downstairs but when you have a very large group this section will accommodate. The food was really good tonight and we had several order the Cheeseburger in Paradise, I had the beer battered fish and chips and
Mandy had the grilled salmon with the Mango Salsa.

After dinner the girl on stilts came around and made all the kids balloon animals, swords and hats. Sloan and Daniel celebrated thier birthdays this week, she made a birthday hat and then tied them together that made Daniel uncomfortablle and Sloan happy. Then they brought out cake and ice cream for the three birthday guests in the party. We headed downstairs to check out the gift shop and then we were off to see some more Broadway. Margaritaville's outside eating located on the ship, the bar and waiting ares under the light house. Then to my surprise the girls got henna tattoos on their backs,
so they had to do some walking with their shirts up so it would not rub off. Don't tell anybody I showed you these pictures I was told what happens at the beach stays at the beach. We did some more sightseeing and came across We R Sweets and the kids wanted a Icee and some others wanted ice cream next door. We headed back to the house to have a birthday party for Daniel. The kids had some cake and ice cream followed by the high just before bed. After that wore off we all went to bed just after midnight.