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North Myrtle and Little River

Apr 22, 2009 | Comment(s) 1

North Myrtle Beach, SC/Little River, SC

Good to be back home!...sort of.  I lived in North Myrtle Beach, SC for a bit between 2003-2005 and boy, how things have changed!  The somewhat quiet, peaceful beach town really seems to be growing up.  Larger hotels are popping up all over the area, replacing the older and smaller ones.  New putt putt courses with grand eye-catching attractions are taking over the smaller kid-like themes.  It seems that across the entire area, both commercial and residential, there is some kind of construction going on.

We spent the first part of the week around Little River, SC.  Our first stop was the Tourist Info center (located in a brand new building) where we met two fine ladies eager to share information about the culture of the area.  They made sure we stopped by Mineola Avenue, a small street tucked back off of the main highway which housed several varieties of entertainment for the older crowd.  Two beautiful casino boats were at port, ready to sail with a boat-load (literally!) of the day's next big winners.  Next door were several riverside restaurants and oyster shacks.  Also at port were several fishing fleets, ready to take visitors out to the deep sea to catch a few Black Sea Bass to grill up for tonight's supper.  Of course, while in this popular fishing village we had to try out some of it's tasty seafood dishes.  We even snuck over the border to Calabash, NC (shhhh!) to see what the buzz over the famous 'Calabash style' seafood was all about.  I'd recommend bringing your appetite!

While driving around the area, we noticed a large sign for "Canipe's Candy Factory".  The building was closed off to visitors, but we were interested to see what was behind the closed doors.  A quick phone call put us in touch with Butch Canipe, one of the owners of the factory.  Butch was kind enough to give us a tour of his facility, and we learned how salt water taffy is made!  We watched as the workers mixed the ingredients into a LARGE  ball of sticky sugary goo and put onto spinning and pulling machines.  The machines would mix the gooey sugar mess as the flavoring and coloring were added.  Then, the colored blob was plopped into another machine to stretch, twist, shape, and cut the taffy into tiny pieces.  I never realized that so much work is put into making $1 boxes of candy!  Luckily, we didn't turn into giant blueberries or see any small orange people...maybe that happens in the Canipe's chocolate factory?

Anybody have a favorite Putt Putt course in the area?  We would love to try them out.

-Jeremy, CU Crew

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Dwayne Burgess Apr 23, 2009

For good putt putt try Mt. Atlanticus in Myrtle Beach, it's just off of Ocean Ave. and a whole lot of fun!

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