Beach Snobs

Let me start by saying I like all beaches, some more than others but I like them all. So it makes me really mad when people diss on my beach...Myrtle Beach. I can hear some of you groaning now...Myrtle Beach is the "Redneck Riviera", the water is green, the beaches are too crowded, there are too many Wings and Eagles selling horrible t-shirts that comment on men's "Johnsons".

Well guess what? You are right, but that is not all Myrtle Beach is, to me MB is:

The place where i grew up every summer hanging out at the Arcade
Where I saw my first shooting star sitting on the beach at Ocean Lakes Campground
Painters Ice Cream
Where I first tasted crab legs
Where I got my freckles from getting sun burned because I was on the beach from 10:00am to 3:00 pm without sunscreen
Where me and my family, immediate and extended would wait in line for two hours just to eat at Nances in Calabash
Setting off $100 worth of fireworks on the 4th of July
Spending hours in Willards Fireworks buying said fireworks
Where i spent the better part of my early teenage years rocking at the Magic Attic
Where I waited patiently to hear the pipe organ at the Pavilion
Where I got my first job as a lifeguard at the waterslide Magic Mountain
Where I spent countless hours listening to Whitesnake while cruising the strip
Where I partied with all my friends at my high school graduation

Where I still love to go and reminisce and eat at Nances. I love you Myrtle Beach and nobody is changing my mind.