A Peach of a Good Time

It is no secret that we are moving north now.(Yes it is). Migrating with the other snowbirds. We left Tampa and the temps were in the 80's. Got to northern Florida and they were in the 70's. Now we are in Georgia and they are in the 60's. And we aren't even that far north. What ever happened to global warming? Curse you Al Gore!

Glady's said to me, "Tango, when did fifty degrees become so cold to us?"

I said "Glady's, when did we become such wusses?" End of conversation.

We are in a little town just above the Florida/Georgia line near St. Marys, Georgia. We wanted to check out this area and also the Brunswick area. So we are close to both spots. The park we picked is small and is a Passport America park. So half price for full hookups and no limit. Spots are a little tight but there are always trade offs. Chickens! They have chickens here that they let out every day. So in the evening we watch the chickens. You can tell we are city folk.

The ladies out for the evening.

"Tango, what is there to do in this area?"

"Well Glady's, what's long and hard and full of seamen?"

"I don't know, but I am willing to find out." Wink, wink.

"Great! Let's go to the submarine museum then! Whoo Hoo!"

Everybody keep your minds out of the gutter please. St. Marys has a submarine museum because not that far from here there is a submarine naval base. Kings Bay Naval Base. Submarines are a big part of their culture here.

"FIRE ONE! TORPEDO AWAY!

Lisa got to use a real working periscope. You can see outside through it. They have a lot of sub models and lots of information about various subs.

It is pretty small but the price of $5.00 is worth it. We also walked the town. There is lots of history here going back to the 1500's and the Spanish Missionaries. Also several war battles were fought here from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and of course the Civil War. 

Town fountain.

It was an interesting little town.

Day two of our explorations brought us a little farther north. We had 3 things we wanted to check out so away we went. The first stop was the farthest so that is where we started. Ft. Frederica. That was a British Fort from the 1730's. It was a strategic location for the British to protect the mouth of the Frederica River from Spanish invaders.

Not much of the original fort still stands. Evan the town that was here is nothing but some foundations and it was a thriving little garrison. 200 hundred soldiers and I don't even know how many towns folk.

It has been awhile since I have gotten a cannon picture.

All in all it was a interesting piece of history. Since we are in the south now, the trees are magnificent, with the Spanish moss all over them. The live trees as well as the dead ones.

"Tango, what's long and hard and not full of seamen?"

"That sounds like a loaded question, so I don't know."

"Our next stop!"

The next stop on our itinerary was the St. Simons Island Lighthouse. St. Simons Island is a cute little place to visit. 

The original lighthouse was destroyed during the Civil War. Which got me to thinking about how much of the south was destroyed or burnt or ransacked during that war. The whole south was a battlefield when you think about it. The little town of St. Marys was ransacked and occupied for several years. I find it amazing that our country went through that. Anyways, back to the lighthouse.

129 steps to the top. 

Lisa has a death grip on the railing.

Look at that beautiful view at the top. The little strip of land to the left in that photo is our next destination on our itinerary. Jekyll Island.

Jekyll Island was famous for being a playground for the rich and famous in the early 1900's. People like JP Morgan and the Rockefellers to name a few. It shows. They built a huge hotel called the Jekyll Island Club.

People were out play croquet on the lawn in proper attire. Very fancy. Biking is very popular here so we did bring our bikes. We were biking around when this came up behind us.

This is the kind of tram needed at the RV show. Very narrow.

A Tram! They have tram tours here on the island and they are being pulled by a Jeep. (Don't let Mike know.) Haha! There was a beach here that we wanted to see. It was called Driftwood Beach.

A beach full of skeletal trees. That was interesting and something you don't see every day. That ended our day. The next day was going to be Amelia Island south of us in Florida.

Amelia Island is a large barrier island north of Jacksonville. And they have a beach! A very big beach. We got there and found the beaches pretty empty. Maybe because it was cool and windy but we enjoyed it.

Lisa collecting shells.

A Jellyfish that washed up.

I bought a new camera at Christmas for our Disneyland trip and I have to say that I am liking it alot. The pictures are crisp and clear even in zoom mode. I have been using it more and more and playing around with it to learn it. I like the detail of that picture of all of the shells. And speaking of shells we got a lot from that beach. I even found some odd looking things out there also.

Barnacles! Which aren't actually shells, but rather crustaceans. We did not know that and that made us learn something. Dang!

After we collected pockets full of shells we were hungry. We saw a billboard for a restaurant and so we went to find it. The Crab Trap in Historic Fernandina Beach.

Cute place with cheap drinks and good food. I was happy to say that both of us walked out without crabs. We walked the town because it was very nice. The shops were also nice because it wasn't all touristy. Very cute town.

Next up. The Okefenokee Swamp.

"Gladys! Get your Daisy Dukes on! We are going to the swamp!"

About 30 miles east of us is the Okefenokee Swamp. We went to the visitor center to find out what to do here. In all honesty, the only way to really see the swamp was to pile into a boat with 20 other people and boat into it. We no longer have our kayaks or we could have done that also. There is an auto loop that takes you out to a swamp families house that has been restored.

This family lived on this piece of swamp for over 100 years. It was a tough living to say the least. We then walked the board walk out into the swamp. It is about .4 miles of boardwalk.

Then at the end they have a raised platform that looks out over the swamp. We saw some snakes and one lonely gator.

What's long and hard and full of teeth?

We also saw a couple of alligators on the drive out to the boardwalk.

So that kind of wraps up our time here on the Florida/Georgia line. We got to do a lot of sightseeing for a change. Something we haven't been able to do for quite awhile. Now we are off to our next fun and fabulous undisclosed location.