Senior trip

Being from Tennessee, most my high school peers' spring break or senior trip escapades happened at Panama City Beach. It was the place to go. But my group of very classy friends decided we wanted something a little less trashy but just a cheap as PCB. So in a moment of sheer brilliance, we choose to go to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina...In our defense, only a few had ever been there before on family va-cay, and they stayed in North Myrtle!

So a couple weeks after graduation, 10 girls pack-up three cars and headed to the beach. And to our utter surprise, we arrive to find Gatlinburg on the beach...great. It's then we realize we've traded the clear blue waters and white sand beaches of the Gulf for the dingy water and dirty sand of Myrtle beach.

Our efforts to suck it up and have fun were washed away by a week of rainy weather, cramped rooms of five girls, and bad Lifetime movies.

We left a day early. And have never taken a long trip together since!

I tried to warn my high school girls that beach week's not all it's cracked up to be. But now I'm just praying for safety. May they make good decisions and healthy choices this week.