11/06/11
Here we are on Jekyll Island....Carey catches MA, Ron and Bobbi walking under the trees to the beach overlooking the Jekyll Island side of the ICW.
We are on a lay over at Brunswick Landing Marina awaiting a cold front with gale force winds and will stay here for a day or so while boat buddies Carey and Bobbi Colwell, Catspaw prepare to leave their boat here for a month for their return home to Rhode Island. They have been such fun to travel with on this segment of the Waterway.
Today we rented a car and toured Jekyll Island, one of Captain Ron's old haunts. Part of it is state park, another part retains relics of the past, some modern day golf courses, and the rest is still residential. It was originally the winter playground of the wealthy in the 1920's... Vanderbilt, Goodyear, Rockefeller, etc.The backdrop of all these homes, old and new, are beautiful Spanish Moss covered trees. One area near the beach felt like a Cathedral with gigantic old trees draped in Spanish Moss cascading to the ground. It is difficult to capture the beauty...
We stopped for lunch at Jekyll Wharf where we had to be wary of every bite as it was challenged by the many hovering Grackles...not a pleasant experience. After touring the island we did the obligatory stop at West Marine and then Home Depot where we purchased a cable to hook up for cable TV at the Dock here in Brunswick. Patriots playing!!! Life is good.
Here we are on Jekyll Island....Carey catches MA, Ron and Bobbi walking under the trees to the beach overlooking the Jekyll Island side of the ICW.
We are on a lay over at Brunswick Landing Marina awaiting a cold front with gale force winds and will stay here for a day or so while boat buddies Carey and Bobbi Colwell, Catspaw prepare to leave their boat here for a month for their return home to Rhode Island. They have been such fun to travel with on this segment of the Waterway.
Today we rented a car and toured Jekyll Island, one of Captain Ron's old haunts. Part of it is state park, another part retains relics of the past, some modern day golf courses, and the rest is still residential. It was originally the winter playground of the wealthy in the 1920's... Vanderbilt, Goodyear, Rockefeller, etc.The backdrop of all these homes, old and new, are beautiful Spanish Moss covered trees. One area near the beach felt like a Cathedral with gigantic old trees draped in Spanish Moss cascading to the ground. It is difficult to capture the beauty...
We stopped for lunch at Jekyll Wharf where we had to be wary of every bite as it was challenged by the many hovering Grackles...not a pleasant experience. After touring the island we did the obligatory stop at West Marine and then Home Depot where we purchased a cable to hook up for cable TV at the Dock here in Brunswick. Patriots playing!!! Life is good.
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