Oh my goodness! I cannot believe its taken us this long to check out the Myrtle Beach State Park. It was wonderful. Besides the beach and fishing pier, they have a playground and an ice cream store. AND the very best is the Nature Center that hosts educational classes for kids. You can get the schedule off the website since it changes each month.
But this morning as we were preparing to leave, I realized I had printed September's schedule and today is indeed the first of October. So instead of the original plan, we stopped in today to watch them feed the aquariums. It was fantastic!
They fed a shrimp to this blue crab... if you look closely you can still see it in his mouth. So cool!
There was an area with puzzles, blocks and chalkboards for the kids to play.
Since we had missed the Reptile class (from September) the ranger was willing to share with us. She even gave us the handouts and answer keys that would have been used in the class. Apparently, she is available to answer questions and help in any way you need every Tues - Sat in the afternoon.
Tyler is pretending to be a branch so that this corn snack will wrap his tail around his arm.
Tyler was a little jumpy, but still brave enough to touch the snakes!
Miss Jessica took lots of time to answer all of Tyler's questions.
This little guy was pretty cute... but he moved MUCH faster than the first snake we saw.
After stopping for a treat, we walked the fishing pier. We saw Jelly Fish and Jelly Balls floating in the water at the end.
It was a great afternoon and definitely worth the small cost of admission. We are already planning to go back and Tyler has started a list of questions to ask Miss Jessica.
