Beautiful Blythe Island, Georgia

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Blythe Island, GA

June 10-13, 2020


Following the Williams


I fell in love with this Park at first site. It’s incredibly hot and humid, but lovely. Dad did an amazing job getting us into this campsite since he had to back in on his blindside. Ugh!!! He did well; as usual!!!



We were able to set up our outside rug, chairs, fan etc. but didn’t spend much time out except for walking the dog and setting up. The deer flies were biting too much! Yikes, they hurt! 



We all enjoyed dinner in our trailer with mom’s leftover frozen Beef Burgundy ala Julie Child’s abbreviated recipe served over egg noodles. Still good! After dinner “Old Fashion’s" ala Don were served at their elegant RV. Yum!!!


This morning mom took me on an early morning walk down to the marina and playground. It came complete with domestic and wild rabbits keeping the grass trimmed and making Me crazy!!!

Down by the marina

Walking the grounds

Smaller Lake Cindee


After breakfast Lori went with us for another shorter walk on Lake Cindee’s waterfront. I’m doing really well with my commands with the Educator, mom’s handheld remote device.


After hanging out at the William's campsite, we decided it was too hot, so we went on a driving tour; starting with Jekyll Island. Mom was here twice as a teenager with her folks. They loved it so much. Still beautiful!

 The Wanderer 
It was appalling to see that despite slave imports being illegal starting in 1806, they kept bringing them for decades afterwards...it's always about money...

We walked around a waterfront park dedicated to “The Wanderer Memory Trail". The artistic informative boards and reproductions did an excellent job of explaining the African Slave Trade as you can see from mom’s photos. 






Jekyll Island beaches are like walking on sugar



Dad training me to "Heel & Sit"

I didn't realize they had to raise their own food as well...

I'm happy they remembered their arts and traditions

Like me they were only able to share their history orally 

People added their name to strips and wove them in; but time had damaged most of them

It was interesting to see what food the slaves introduced to our country...rice, okra and Peanuts???

I loved climbing up the observation tour to watch some kids playing in the water. 

The Horton House, an example of tabby style building in the south

We drove through Jekyll Island’s Historic District with all the beautiful of Victorian mansions surrounding the Jekyll Island Club Resort. Mom said it was where all the wealthy elite families; like the Firestones, Vanderbilts and Rockefeller’s wintered until WWII. At that time, the US government asked them to leave; due to Nazi submarine activity offshore. I wasn’t all that impressed, but the adults enjoyed it!

https://www.jekyllclub.com/jekyll-island-club/?nck=JekyllOnlineListing 


Crossing over the bridge and looking out to the Intracoastal that we traveled

Mom loves bridge designs


Our last stop was Brunswick, Georgia’s  Historic Downtown. 
For a late lunch we found a highly rated restaurant called Indigo Coastal Shanty.    http://www.indigocoastalshanty.com/  (Where vacation is a state of mind.)


They loved me there and the food was great too!!! Their dessert speciality was peach pound cake with a bourbon caramel sauce covered with vanilla ice cream. Mom snuck me some ice cream. WOW! 

Brunswick's Lover's Oak  https://www.goldenisles.com/listing/lovers-oak/60/

The Old Brunswick Courthouse, now a museum

They all were so full they didn’t want dinner. I was like, “What about me?” Of course, mom fed me, adding some leftover beef burgundy. Yummy! 
We all had a lazy evening; just sitting around chatting. I love it when everyone is in!!!

Our second granddaughter Clara, using her feet, hands and mouth to amuse herself


Our last day here we all slept in. Mom fixed us a nice breakfast, then took me to the lake to play. So fun, but I lost my ball. Thank goodness I have a backup. Thanks Connie and Rosie!


   

Around noon we headed out to drive around St Simon’s Island. 


Since it was lunch when we arrived, we found another great restaurant, 
the Half Shell. http://thehalfshellssi.com/ 
Mom shared her flounder taco and bacon wrapped green beans. 
I highly approved of them and our server; Sandy, she loved me!

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Dad & Don had to wear their face masks while going through this lighthouse and museum.

The Golden Ray, a car carrier that capsized in St Simon sound last fall

They are cutting this vessel into 8 sections; so they can remove it from the water.

St Simon's public park and pool 

Mom, Lori and I hung out here until dad and Don were finished at the museum

We headed back to enjoy our little island campsite and dinner on the grill with the Williams. I’m loving it here. As always, the William’s dinner was delicious. Mom snuck me bites...scrumptious!!!

Since we didn’t have to check out until 11, we didn’t move fast our last morning. Mom took me down to Lake Cindee again to play in the water. What a blast!!! Who knew that I could swim???

All too soon; mom and dad were packing us up again. We had to say goodbye to the Williams; as they headed north and us to St Augustine, FL. 
Mom told we will meet up with them in September in northern Florida.

Elise, Clara's 3 1/2 year old sister building her fort with a bit of help...




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