ok i'm a total dork when it comes to looking at maps. so i want you guys to help me out. i'm looking into a condo for the week of july 4th on North Myrtle Beach. the only place i've ever stayed down there was on the Grand Strand i think, it was a long row of somewhat run-down oceanfront hotels, walking distance to a pier and lots of shops and a small amusement park.

can someone please tell me how close the 4300 block of S Ocean Boulevard (where i am looking to stay) is to the 2300 block of S Ocean Boulevard (where i've stayed before)?

is it a mile per 100, as far as street numbers are concerned? i really have no clue!

12/29/2006 11:59:51 AM

http://tinyurl.com/ssre3

[Edited on December 29, 2006 at 12:07 PM. Reason : 2 mi driving, 1 mi walking]

12/29/2006 12:06:08 PM

Did public schools cease teaching people how to use the scale bar on maps?

12/29/2006 12:06:13 PM

the problem i found is that North Myrtle and Myrtle and South Myrtle are on curvy parts of the state, so it's not a straight line down the coast of SC, know what i mean? i can't really figure out how to measure it since it's curvy land...

12/29/2006 12:07:48 PM

no way it's that close? awesome. the people at the office are trying to tell me the condo is 25 mins driving distance from myrtle beach

12/29/2006 12:08:58 PM

It very well could be 25 mins. driving distance.

12/29/2006 12:15:10 PM

ok i messed up

i thought it was the seaside inn that i stayed at, but i was just corrected...we stayed at this rundown shit-hole called the poindexter

turns out THAT hotel is at 1702 N Ocean Blvd...and i figured out how to do driving directions on google maps and it says 6 miles...which isn't that bad

12/29/2006 12:26:32 PM

you win the idiot of the day award

12/29/2006 12:27:24 PM

GMAPS PEDOMETER

never guesstimate with the scalebar again

12/29/2006 12:34:25 PM

just remember not to confuse myrtle beach and north myrtle

12/29/2006 12:41:53 PM

yea i figured out how to do the "directions from X to Y" on google maps so i'm good now

i'm not an idiot, i just don't have a very good sense of direction, nor do i know how to FIND a good sense of direction

12/29/2006 1:21:57 PM

2 miles

The Poindexter is in Myrtle Beach, not North Myrtle Beach.

There is a North and South Ocean Boulevard in BOTH Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach so do not let that confuse you.

[Edited on December 29, 2006 at 4:08 PM. Reason : ]

12/29/2006 4:04:42 PM