It's Hot In Georgia

My last post I couldn't have pictures because the WIFI was weak. So here are some pictures of Jekyll Island were we stayed for 2 days. There's a little bit of history here so it's time for ;

"So Here's Interesting Tidbits" 

SHIT for short!

 

I'm just going to tell you a little bit of SHIT. Jekyll Island was one the playground for the very rich. The train would only come this far south so this was the place to be. People like JP Morgan the Vanderbilt's and Woodrow Wilson had homes here and would spend a lot of time in this area. Here are some of the homes that have been restored. This Island became a ghost town after the train line was built to go further south to Palm Beach

After leaving Jekyll Island we anchored in front of Cumberland Island. This park was made a sanctuary by Richard Nixon. It cost money to go on the island to walk around to see the wild horses.
 We left Cumberland Island for St Mary's for Thanksgiving. It has finally warmed up again, today it got up to 28c or 82f. There's not much going on in St Mary's. It's a very small town and it had a hard time recovering from the recession in the 80's. The government decided to put a Trident Nuclear Sub base here in Kings Bay and it added nine thousand jobs. We didn't see any subs but this is where they dock when they come in.

 

St. Mary's is a place where a lot of boaters will come for a free thanks giving dinner. The town puts on a big dinner and every one has to bring a side dish to feed eight people. They think there were around 170 people that showed up. There was so much food there were a lot of left overs. Oh boy turkey sandwich's for a few days.

People lined up down the street

 

The night before they hosted an oyster roast. These people supply all the oysters and you had to bring a side dish. Laurie and I don't eat oysters so we waited until dinner was over and stopped by for a drink. They were still eating oysters for another hour after we arrived. I'm sorry I didn't bring my camera because this is something we don't see at home. They put a four by eight sheet of plywood on two saw horses. They cut a hole in the middle of the plywood. This is where you throw your empty shells. There's a garbage pale under the hole. People stand around with a knife and start shucking and eating. The cook throws a full shovel load onto the table and they just chow down until they have had enough. Then someone else can take there place. It's really something to see. Tomorrow they will have a $5.00 pancake breakfast. Wow what a great time we are having here.
Here are some pictures from around the town. They are starting to put up there Christmas decorations and the town looks great.

I hope you can read this sigh. Rule number one.

 

What a beautiful little town. Tomorrow we will head off to Florida. Our first stop is Fernandina Beach. It's only seven miles away but out leader says its another beautiful spot.