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March 20, 2015 Travel to Brunswick and Jekyll Island

This morning, we woke to fog and took our time getting ready to go.  We only had 80 miles to our destination plus we wanted to wait until rush hour around Jacksonville was over.

Really foggy and still lots of traffic:

03-20-15 A Travel I95 Jacksonville to Border (1)

Into Georgia:

03-20-15 B Travel I95 Border to Brunswick (1)

Over more creeks, marshes, and swamps:

03-20-15 B Travel I95 Border to Brunswick (4)

We arrived in Brunswick at the Golden Isle RV Park, a Passport America Park.  We set up and since it was early, we went on a road trip.

Heading south towards the islands – cool looking bridge:

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (2)

We headed over to Jekyll Island first.  There is a cost to get on the island and when it was our turn to pay a gentlemen came over to the kiosk and it was paid – how great is that.

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (12)

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (17)

Our first stop was the Tidelands Nature Loop – one of the ponds:

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (20)

The road thru the center:

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Oops, road ends in water:

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03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (36)

Coming back – we could not see if there were babies:

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (65)a

St Andrew’s Picnic Area:

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (77)

One of the many beautiful large mansions on the Island:

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (80)

The Dunes picnic area and beach – still foggy but beautiful:

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (85)

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (87)

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The road to Clam Creek Fishing Pier:

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (102)

Where we met this little fellow:

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (107)

There was a walking path to the driftwood area across from the pier – one side was marshland:

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (112)

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (122)

The other side looked out into the bay.  This was at low tide:

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (116)

03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (120)

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03-20-15 C Jekyll Island (145)

We ended our tour of the Island (we will be back tomorrow) and as we came off the island, the fog lifted.  Here is the bridge to Brunswick – notice the difference from this morning.

03-20-15 D Brunswick (1)

03-20-15 D Brunswick (4)

We took a little tour around Brunswick and stopped at the dock areas – very interesting ship.

03-20-15 D Brunswick (11)

Back home, we relaxed and made our plans for tomorrow.

Stats:

Miles Traveled: 76 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Florida:  Collins Road; I-295; I-95; US-17; SR-303

Stay tuned and enjoy today.

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2 comments:

KarenInTheWoods said...

I had been on Jekyll Island about 25 years ago and really enjoyed it. It looks like we better get back there again sometime!
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Diane said...

What a lovely place - between Jekyll and St. Simons, so much to see and do.. Hugs to you and Steve.