Saturday, April 6 Gary got to see the huskies one more time before we left Huntington Beach SP. I missed out. But as we were pulling out our Newmarket, NH camping neighbors came out to wave goodbye. Hopefully we’ll all get together when we’re home. We headed further up the coast about 160 miles to …
Wednesday, April 3 As we were packing up to leave the campground on Wednesday morning, we saw five huskies being walked by their two owners. The owners have a website called thethunderingherd.com that talks about their rescued Siberian huskies. The huskies were so sweet. I had to take a picture. We managed to get out …
Saturday, March 30th – Sunday, March 31st On Saturday we did final preparations for leaving Brunswick and went to visit the bunnies one more time at Blythe Island. Spring has definitely sprung in the low country so lots of greenery for the bunnies to be feasting on. We only saw two fat bunnies who we …
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 …