Not The Way To Start Out A Vacation
Surprise! So maybe I lied a little. I am indeed writing this from Myrtle Beach. However, you won’t be reading this until I get back, so there will be plenty for you to read.
We got to our hotel at around 8:30 in the evening, so we decided to go down to the beach since our hotel is right on the beach. We messed around a little in the surf since none of us were in our swimsuits. My brother and I were walking back toward our parents when we noticed that they seemed fixated on our hotel. I looked up and noticed what I thought looked like a fire on one of the balconies. We watched it for a while, not sure what it was. When it grew in size, we realized that it was indeed a fire. We started wondering why there were no fire alarms going off because there were people in rooms very close to the fire. Finally, after people started yelling from the beach that the building was on fire, someone finally set off the alarm to evacuate the building. Something like a half an hour later, firefighters finally made it up to the room. While they were trying to figure out the best way to attack the fire, I noticed a truck driving up the beach. When the truck stopped, I looked up at the balcony, only to see that the fire had been put out. After watching the fire for half an hour, I was a little bummed to have missed the fire being extinguished. We were able to reenter the building about fifteen minutes later. Here is a highly magnified picture:
