Spring break for us this year included a chance again to buy a vacation timeshare, in Myrtle Beach.

My retired groom never passes up a good deal.  Knowing that heaven to his retired bride is a 5***** star hotel on the beach, he always finds a way to take me there whenever he can. This year South Carolina was our destination at the original Springmaid Resort purchased by Hilton last year and rebranded as a Doubletree.  The property is only half-finished in its renovation but the 27 acres hugging the Atlantic is beautiful and the part that is opened was a wonderful oasis on the ocean at the quiet end of Mrytle Beach.

Sitting through a 2 hr sales presentation at Hilton’s newest resort, Oceans 22, was pleasant, although not for us.  From the 10th story condo’s floor to ceiling expansive glass view of the Atlantic Ocean, the coast appears as a skyline of high-rise resorts. This area does seem to be a more reasonably priced place to spend the cold winter months.

We walked the beach and later watched a large storm cell create mutiple tornado watches and warnings. This was the perfect place to get ready for the same change of seasons, a few weeks behind in our neck of the woods.

Waves and the ocean breezes are heaven.   But seeing the room service menu and realizing I could order a Tin of CHOCOLATE chip cookies with a bottle of milk, I knew my retired groom had really reach a new height in pleasing and pampering me.  He “Hung the Moon” over the Ocean for me this time.