Gascoigne Bluff, St. Simons Island, GA Monday, March 18th With our time growing short in Brunswick, we’re looking to explore the few areas we haven’t seen yet. One being Gascoigne Bluff, a historic site that is adjacent to the Frederica River and was once the Hamilton cotton plantation and then the site of a lumber…

Juried Art Competition at Jekyll IslandFriday, Mar. 8th Since we didn’t get our bike ride in on Thursday at Okefenokee, after lunch we loaded the bikes on the truck and headed to Jekyll Island, parked, then biked over to see the juried art competition at the Goodyear Cottage (yes, that Goodyear… the tire giant once…

Darien, GA Wed., March 6th The city of Darien was established in 1736 as a military outpost by Scottish Highlanders under the command of General James Oglethorpe (who was instrumental in the founding of Savannah and St. Marys) making this historic town the second oldest planned town in Georgia. Darien is about an hour south…

Sunday, Feb. 17th – Tues., Feb. 26th We flew home today from the Jacksonville airport. Our flight was 2 hours late leaving because of engine trouble earlier in the day in Boston. I’m perfectly happy to endure a 2-hour delay to get a plane with 2 functioning engines. With time to kill, I walked the…

Thursday, Jan. 31st We headed to Brunswick to see Lover’s Oak which is a 900 year old oak tree. It’s trunk measures 13 ft. in diameter. According to local legend, Native American braves and their maidens met under the majestic spreading limbs of this enormous oak, hence the name. It is truly remarkable in its…

Tuesday, Jan. 22nd We visited the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island. It’s in a historic brick building that used to be a power plant. Beautiful building! They rehabilitate sea turtles, educate the public, and do research projects. When you enter (thru the gift shop of course), you’re met with an enormous hanging replica…

Thursday, Jan. 17th It was about an hour and a half drive to St. Augustine. Founded in 1565, it’s the oldest city in the U.S. Somewhat unfathomable that a city in the U.S. could be that old. It was originally under Spanish rule and there’s plenty of historic charm in this city…. gobs of it!…

In case you wonder how we fill our days when we’re not on some new sight seeing adventure or bike riding etc., we’re doing mundane things like grocery shopping, laundry, cooking, paying bills, reviewing 2018’s budget to see how we did (poorly!), planning this year’s budget, starting taxes, or cleaning our tiny home. Conversely, we’re…

Friday, Jan. 11th Today we drove over to St. Simons Island for the first time. It reminded us very much of Hilton Head but it seemed on a smaller scale, although I think that was more an illusion than anything else since they are fairly similar in size.  St. Simons is 12 miles long and…

Tuesday, Jan. 8th We headed over to Jekyll Island to do some bike riding today. We parked in one of the beach parking lots, ate our packed lunch, and took off riding. Part of the ride was along sand dunes which was lovely, and part was along a less scenic stretch, but still enjoyable since…

Sat., Jan. 5th We visited Ellen & Wayne at their condo rental on Hilton Head this past weekend! They were their for a month. What fun we had! Hilton Head Island is 12 miles long and 5 miles wide, has 12 miles of beaches, and 108 miles of paved shared-use pathways so biking is prevalent!…

Thurs., Dec. 27th to Sun., Dec. 30th, 2018 We left Nottingham on Thursday to winter in Brunswick, GA. We had left our “tiny home” in Brunswick across the street from the campground where we would be wintering. Convenient! Soooo this meant we were staying in hotels as we traveled down. We weren’t in a huge…