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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 and Atlantic Beach is exclusively used
by African Americans.
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 9.30am-9.30pm; rest
of the year 9.30am-5pm; $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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