[caption id="attachment_378" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Please remember to clean up after your pet"][/caption] The Myrtle Beach Boardwalk is "dog friendly" and welcomes those visitors who like to travel with man's best friend. The City of Myrtle Beach has established the following times visitors may walk their dogs on the boardwalk: From the day after Labor Day to May 1, dogs will be allowed any time, as long as they're on a leash. During the spring and summer tourist season, dogs are allowed from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. They must be on a leash. [caption id="attachment_508" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Myrtle Beach Boardwalk do...

The Pavilion, as everyone called the once-bustling center of downtown Myrtle Beach is now several acres of empty space. This is an historic area, but the history of these acres seems lost in "emptiness." This space is just begging for some type of tourist-centric development. It once brought people to Myrtle Beach and this area will again. Meanwhile the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and Promenade has added a much needed pedestrian thoroughfare along the beach. The sign tells the following story: Myrtle Beach Pavilions A succession of four beach pavilions stood here or nearby from 1902 to 2006, all build by the Burroughs & Chapin Co. or the Myrtle Beach Farms Co. Th...

There are numerous public parking areas along Ocean Boulevard available for those wishing to take a little road trip to the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk. If you plan on spending several hours or the whole day around the board walk area, family time at the beach, or doing some shopping, bring along several dollar bills to feed the parking meters. Some of the parking meters take credit cards, but not all of them. Public parking is also available at a large parking garage, located about a block away from the boardwalk, between 9th and 10th Avenue North. [caption id="attachment_338" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Public parking garage for the Myrtle Beach Board...

For those wheel chair bound visitors to Myrtle Beach, you've got a new friend in the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk. The 1.2 mile concrete and wooden boardwalk on Myrtle Beach is an excellent and safe way for our wheel chair bound friends and families to "walk the boards," catch a beautiful Atlantic sunrise, or just enjoy the natural surf beauty. Along the boardwalk route, our wheel chair bound friends can find numerous shaded sitting alcoves for family members and friends that give unobstructed views of the beach. These alcoves are perfect for picture taking or just relaxing and enjoying the cool salt air breezes. When it's time to grab a cool beverage, you and your...