Walking Dixie Land Jazz Band

The quaint Little River Waterfront

As the weather cools and the crowds head home, the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area continues to supply lots of fall cultural activities often unexpected in beach communities.

Kick off your autumn fun with flavorful food and music on October 10-11 at the Shrimp & Jazz Festival in nearby Little River, SC.  Relax on the historic waterfront that once harbored Captain Kidd and Blackbeard and catch sounds like the rollicking Voodoo Flute or follow a strolling Dixieland jazz band.  The music is free flowing and contagious, so expect to see as many people dancing and bopping their heads as you do sampling the seafood goodies.  Read More »

Heaping piles of chicken bog are a festival highlight

Chicken Bog

They say that chicken bog is to South Carolina what Brunswick stew is to North Carolina, which is to say, an intricate part of lowcountry life. Dating back to 17th century Charleston, chicken bog is a savory stew of chicken, rice, onions and sausage spiced with lots and lots of black pepper. The name is supposed to refer to either the lowcountry swamp bogs that the rice grew in or the fact that the dish is bogged down in rice. Read More »

Remember, we aren’t the only travelers out there.  If you’re visiting the beautiful Northwest this fall please watch where you step.

Look up in the sky, they said on the radio station.
They’re up quite high, flying in a V formation.

Here come the geese!
Here come the geese!

Now they’re on lawns, the patios and ponds, on the sidewalks
on the rooftops, on the hillside, on the playground slide, in the shadows,
the parking lots, the meadows, the fences and ledges,
benches and hedges,in the schoolyard, on the boulevard,
in the high school halls, in the shopping malls.
Watch under your feet,they said on the radio station

-Barenaked Ladies

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Photo by W. Honea