Beach
We are three days into our 4-day stay at the Lakewood Camping Resort in Myrtle Beach SC. We paid a bit extra for an “oceanfront” site, meaning that we are the closest RV to the ocean. But it doesn’t mean that we can see the ocean; there is an 8-foot-high sand berm between us and the surf. We can hear it but we can’t see it. That is a bit disappointing. I thought we would be able to sit at our table and watch the surf.
Oh well. We get the salt spray, so it is a good thing that we are here for just a few days. Otherwise the truck might develop rust spots.
It is going to rain today and tomorrow, which will make the teardown tomorrow morning unpleasant. But it will wash the salt off.
Lakewood is about a quarter-mile north of Ocean Lakes Campground where we stayed after STS Hop 7. We liked Ocean Lakes a lot. Lakewood is very similar in many ways. Both are huge (1,800 sites at Lakewood) and have wonderful beaches and facilities, including water parks. Anyone with kids would have a great time at either place.
The big difference is service. Ocean Lakes has it; Lakewood doesn’t. Oh, check-in was fine and the staff is pleasant enough. But we are left scratching our heads at the inability of staff to answer simple questions:
- “Where can we dispose of trash?” “Um, hold on, let me check.”
- “Do you recycle?” “Um, hold on, let me check.” Then the answer (“no”) turns out to be incorrect – there are recycling bins at every bathhouse.
- “Is the fish fry place open today?” “Um, hold on, let me check.”
- (At the ice cream shop) “Can I mix flavors in the milk shake?” The answer – “no” – was both surprising and incorrect (verified by checking at the other ice cream shop near the office).
Does no one train these people?
The other difference is that Lakewood has very few pull-through sites while Ocean Lakes has very few that aren’t. Pull-through sites are better because they are easier to get in and out of.
Our back-in site was a bit of a challenge and was too small to fit the truck. But since we were oceanfront, I could simply back the truck up against the dune berm.
Out site at Lakewood
Truck parked
There are two pools – an indoor pool and an outdoor pool. Both look very nice. The food trucks, near the indoor pool, right on the beach, served tasty food. No complaints there. The fish fry – Pollock, with fries, slaw and iced tea for $10 – was both delicious and economical. It was all-you-can-eat, but one plate was plenty for me.
Fish fry
Indoor pool