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Anyone have a town that you'd travel to that USED to be loaded with relatives but now....

January 23, 2025 03:19PM
They are ALL gone? Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for me. My Dad was born in Loris, SC but raised in Myrtle Beach. I used to have my Grandmother, three Aunts , three Uncles and one Cousin. Later years, my Step Mom. My Cousin joined the USAF and never went back. My Step Mom passed just three months ago . She was my very last connection to Myrtle Beach. My Grandmother passed in 1981 and my Dad 2013. In between, ALL of my Aunts n Uncles have passed.

It didn't hit me till last night. And sorta hard. I was simply Google Earthing a small town in S.C. and saw Alt Hwy 17 on the map. That was an off the beaten path way to MB SC that me and my Dad took to see my Aunts n Uncles in the mid 80s. I remember a few trips there, in the early 70s (My very favorite times) USUALLY, we'd just take regular Hwy 17. I found myself tracing the route and towns that I recall, like Moncs Corner and the long bridge over the Santee River. It simply made me think of so many passed love ones. It gave me a weird feeling that NOBODY is there in Myrtle Beach anymore. Though Myrtle Beach is NOTHING like it used to be or anything that I respect anymore (It has become a bit trashy and WAY over priced) I still want to go back. Maybe take Alt 17 there and Reg Hwy 17 home? Then again, it might just be too depressing.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/23/2025 03:20PM by Ramgator.
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  Anyone have a town that you'd travel to that USED to be loaded with relatives but now....

Ramgator67January 23, 2025 03:19PM

  Re: Anyone have a town that you'd travel to that USED to be loaded with relatives but now....

MamaRAMa31January 24, 2025 10:37AM

  Re: Anyone have a town that you'd travel to that USED to be loaded with relatives but now....

SeattleRam32January 24, 2025 12:52PM

  Dang Mama! And that's a lot more folks than I had in Myrtle Beach. Even right here..

Ramgator25January 25, 2025 06:45AM

  Even at the Faamily Christmas Eve gatherings, the last SEVERAL years..

Ramgator22January 25, 2025 06:50AM

  kinda.......

IowaRam24January 24, 2025 01:02PM