Nov 12 to 19 Weather Unsettled all week - only two nice sunny days - cool and grey
When we get a nice sunny day we ride and explore when you get a week of unsettled forecast weather. This was perhaps the longest stretch of so-so weather we have had since we have been on the road over the last year. No complaints though we are still just happy and lucky to be doing what we love to do.
We are staying in a very new RV park just south of Brunswick - Coastal Georgia RV Park - beautiful long concrete level sites, easy in and out. You have grass and some landscaping between neighbours and there is a small pond with a pavilion which has a big stone outdoor fireplace. It is only about 10 mile to Jekyll Island our first excursion. Once over the causeway you pay to enter the island. It makes you feel like you are stepping back in time. The homes are antiquated and many are historically preserved. The main hotel is a National Historic Landmark 'The Jekyll Island Club Hotel'.
It reminds us of the Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island.
OK, ok and yes Commodore Frederick Bourne..... here we go again. Last year Billy found his old cousin Daniel Bourne at the Alamo and now he thinks he has found another cousin!!! Yes it says so on the memorial sign Jekyll Island Club Wharf. He always sends these pictures to his sister Liz; so they both know where the family was. (he gets quite a kick out of thinking they are related, ha ha).
The campground is a very naturalistic setting amongst big weeping oaks and the moss with many bicycle and walking trails.
One thing we never knew before is that this spanish moss is 'NOT' to be handled. Did you know it is full of little bugs that are nasty biters! Chiggers or Red Bugs they call them. Small mites that will burrow into your skin in very delicate areas - causing much irritation and itchy rashes.
On St. Simon Island you will find beautiful housing developments with plenty of rental properties and weekend and getaway homes, condos and cottages.
It's the opposite of Jekyll Island. Numerous restaurants and boutiques and the day we visited there was an art fair going on which we stopped to browse at.
One stop we had to make was at the Southern Soul BBQ. It's another place that Guy Fieri has visited with Diners, Drive-in's and Dives. Brunswick GA is famous for Brunswick Stew. I had to have it... whatever it was. Turns out that is is a chicken, tomato, lima bean stew. Piquant and good. Billy had the rack of ribs all out the big wood fired BBQ outside!
When we get a nice sunny day we ride and explore when you get a week of unsettled forecast weather. This was perhaps the longest stretch of so-so weather we have had since we have been on the road over the last year. No complaints though we are still just happy and lucky to be doing what we love to do.
At the turn of the century this was an island frequented by the rich and famous - Vanderbilts', Goodyears', Rockefellers', Pulizters'..... the list goes on.
The campground is a very naturalistic setting amongst big weeping oaks and the moss with many bicycle and walking trails.
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| Birdhouses crafted like old buildings |
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| 3d boat dock and piers |
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