Need info-The Inlet condos NMB

Just got back from North Myrtle Beach. Still looked the same to me give or take a few new large condos. Was not pleased with our rental. Was supposed to be oceanfront but was dirty, dusty, damp and the locks were broken on the door. Totally unsafe and we were given a two bedroom across the street and a free night. It was ok but I had my heart set on oceanfront.

We (my mom 71 years old and I) walked three hours on the beach one mid morning. It was quiet and not to many people at all. You can%26#39;t find the big shells like you used to years ago. Where did they all go. I found some small ones as I walked along.

I fell in love with the Inlet area with the Marsh and Island. The water there is more blue green and I loved the sand dunes you can walk out on some mornings. It was so peaceful and sweet there.

Was that a WV logo I saw on one of the Inlet condo%26#39;s? Would love to rent one of them next time around. Would have to be oceanfront tho? I personally have to have a balcony to set out on and enjoy

the sound of the ocean and watch the waves.

I also like the almost end area with the condos %26#39;cream colored%26#39; beside the Inlet brown condos. Can anyone tell me what the name of them are as well, I don%26#39;t remember the name of them. Can anyone tell me if they stay at the Inlet condos and how are the units and do you like it?

I appreciate the info very much. Thanks?

Need info-The Inlet condos NMB

Three main realtors for Cherry Grove area:

northmyrtlebeachtravel.com/book/query.html

www.century21thomas.com/index-rentals.htm

grandstrandvacations.com/book/query.html

Aerial pics of Cherry Grove to help your search:

www.myrtlebeachskytour.com/2006/swf/p4_14.htm

Think you%26#39;re looking for either Inlet Pointe Villas or Ocean View Villas.

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Somebody posted a while back that they live year round on the inlet. Maybe they can help you.

Need info-The Inlet condos NMB

Pop, thanks for all the information. I will search out those sites. I think I am talking about Inlet Point from what I have looked up myself now.

Must be nice to be able to live there year around. Dreaming here, will settle for vacationing there a couple times a year. Taking mom again, sister-in-law and daughter/grandson next time.

Thanks again.

Growing up, our family would get together with aunts, uncles and cousins for big beach trip. Back then Cherry Grove and NMB was mostly houses with very few motel/hotel/condos.

One of the last big family trips I was a part of was in late 60%26#39;s. We had the last house at the end where Inlet Pointe is today. Last 100-200 yards of oceanfront was wide open without a single house. If I remember right there were only two houses at the end on second row. The one we had and another one maybe 50 yards south.

The rows of channels and channel houses hadn%26#39;t been developed yet. Cousin And I spent as much time in the ';marsh'; as out in the ocean. We called it crabbing. At low tide we would see how far out into the mud we could get without getting stuck..

Twenty years ago we put together a trip with two other families. Went in together for a house around the 45th block. Had a great time but I just couldn%26#39;t get used to the drive in and out. No matter how organized we tried to be, we were constantly going out for groceries.

Now that it%26#39;s usually wife, kids and grandkids we try to stay as close to stoplight as possible. Yeah it%26#39;s not as quiet but we love the convenience of walking to meals, beach shops and groceries. We%26#39;ve gone as long as 3-4 days without moving car.

Pop,

I went to those web sites and checked out the rentals for the Inlet and yes, it was helpful and was the info I was looking for. Also, thank you for the family story. I loved it. I bet all the changes to the Inlet made you sad. We never forget our youthful days and all the fun they held.

As mom and I walked the beach this time, and I went on about how much I loved the Inlet, she told me how my dad (passed now) also years ago loved the Marsh and crabbing at the Inlet. Once, him and my uncle were fishing there. Dad had his pole in a holder near the channel but still close to the ocean at low tide. Suddenly something big jerked his line and yanked his favorite pole right out of the holder and dragged it into the ocean. When dad and my uncle didn%26#39;t come home for dinner, mom and my aunt got worried and went to look for them. My dad and uncle were out in the ocean at the Inlet looking for his pole. It must have been an awful large fish or perhaps a sand shark that pulled that pole out of the holder. It is a wonder you never heard the story in your lifetime since my dad worked for the Daily Mail Newspaper in Charleston back in the 50%26#39;s 60%26#39;s and part of the 70%26#39;s.

I can understand your family staying near all the activity. We took a couple of boxes of food with us so we wouldn%26#39;t have to travel to the store much. We wondered out of NMB to visit my mother%26#39;s neice at Surfside one day and ate at Chick-fil-A one day. We stopped in Walmart and picked up our nightly habit, %26#39;icecream%26#39; :-) I guess it would be nice to be able to walk to places to eat and the light is right across from the store. That would work. Oh but I would miss the Inlet. Do you miss staying at the end? Only thing is, I would be afraid to get stuck at the Inlet if a bad storm came but determined to stay at the end next time. Just love it there!