Taking a Deep Breath

It has now been 5 days since we started Lulu on the steroids and she is a different dog. She no longer sounds like a Pug (no disrespect to those pug owners out there), she has some energy to walk a short distance on the beach, and an appetite that puts a Rottweiler to shame. With all these wonderful signs we are taking each day and praying she makes a full recover, with or without the mass in her nose. Time will tell. In the meantime we extended our stay in Myrtle Beach for another 8 days. The same site was available so no moving involved. Yeah baby!

Our site

With the stress in our lives diminishing slightly, we finally made time to get out and enjoy ourselves. Firstly a long, long walk on the beach was in order topped off with supper at Crabby Mike’s in Surfside Beach. This is our favorite place to dine on all-you-can-eat crab. Now that I’m feeling great I stuffed myself with the succulent sweet crab until I couldn’t eat another morsel. I have blogged on this place before so no pictures this time we just dug in and ate.

Enjoying the beach

Beautiful Brown Pelican flying by

Seeing friends that we hadn’t seen in a while is always great. We were able to hook up several times with our good friend Ranger Bob who is a park ranger right here in Myrtle Beach State Park. I would have offered him an alcoholic beverage but alcohol is not permitted in South Carolina State Parks. So we settled for coffee instead.

Each year in Myrtle Beach they have a ride along the beach for the American Cancer Society. This is not just any ride. With over 800 horses walking, trotting, and/or galloping down the beach you don’t want to be in their way. I stood for an hour on the pier patiently waiting for the horses to come my way. It’s quite a sight. This year they decided to ride south instead of north. However, there were a few that came north into the state park so I was happy.

Only a few came my way

The coastline at Myrtle Beach State Park shows a perfect example of how each day the wind and salt prunes the trees. The salt laden sea breeze carries across the shores where the salt is deposited on the tree branches facing the ocean. The salt causes the leaves and buds to become dehydrated and die which in turn produces a significant stunting of the trees. Because the inland side is somewhat protected the trees grow in a lopsided manner.

One very lopsided tree

With life getting back to some normalcy hopefully my blogging will also. Please stay tuned and thank-you to everyone for the kind thoughts and prays during our anxious moments with Lulu.