Reply #4: We must have passed in the night. We got back on Friday as well, and stayed

[Mira]

in (deserted=wonderful) North Myrtle Beach in a motel where we got an extra room for free.
We visited the Meher Baba Spiritual Center

the absolutely best kept secret of Myrtle Beach, a 500 acre beachfront deep woods retreat across the street from the Main Shopping Mall. I'll post a few photos for you, gotta go dig them out.

http://www.mehercenter.org/

here they are:

At the main drag on the outside, and you take a right and find this heavenly peaceful retreat:





Don't miss the hand sticking out - a man taking a nap in the Southern December sun