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One of my favorite things to do after dark is ride my bike down the concourse along the docks. It's well lit and there's always a few people around. Last night an AMAZING yacht was docked along Millionaire Row. That's what I call it b/c most the boats on that side of the marina are a million each, at a minimum. We're not exactly slummin' it over here, so you know the Million Dollar (plus) ones are pretty fab. Anyhow, the people who belonged to it were out on deck so I didn't want to be THAT obnoxious and go grab my camera. I did want to compliment them on the remarkable job they did docking the thing. This morning I was going to take a few snaps of it -- but it was already gone by the time I got up!!! : (

I stopped into the marina office because I knew they'd have the skinny on the big boat. Titus, my new little friend who is actually an IT guy but he needed a change of pace and came to work here at the marina, said "Footloose" had just stopped in for the night and (clearly) had already left. That sucker was 90 feet long and had 4 or 5 levels. It was STUNNING. Oh how I wish I would have taken that picture last night anyway! And they had a dog too! Talk about a lucky dog!

Speaking of big boats -- this nice couple I met (the day they sold their boat and were leaving the marina) said Kid Rock had arrived in Myrtle Beach for a gig at the Hard Rock Cafe for Bike week last week (which I knew, thanks to Gary who heard it from Eric) but this nice couple heard from the security guards that *Kid* arrived on board a gigantic yacht with his kids and bodyguards in tow. How freaking cool what THAT have been to see?!?!?

So after my bike ride last night around 11:00, I decided to break out the vacuum cleaner and suck up all the dust, sand and dirt blowing around from the construction that has settled in the cockpit (along with crumbs, hair and a few bugs). The vacuum is an internal vacuum system, so instead of lugging around a whole vacuum cleaner, you just have to lug around the long and cumbersome hose. One end of the hose plugs into an outlet along the floorboard, and the other is the sucking end. Wow! What a difference that made! Even at night I could tell! I pulled up all the carpets, I used the brush attachments and got between all the tracks and cushions. Everything looks fantastic! Today I'm going to work on the inside.

In other news, there's a crane putting stuff on top of the hotel today:


It's gorgeous day on the golf course no doubt:


And that stupid abandoned car with 4 flat tires is still in our parking lot!!!!!


Would somebody PUH-LEEZ call the number spray painted on the back window and tell them to come pick up their eye sore. I don't think anyone at the marina is in the market for a 1980 Ford Granada.