Off to Jekyll Island area this morning. Of course start off with lunch. They had eaten at Spanky”s Seafood Grill so it was designated a good stop. Seeing it was close to noon, Steve and I had a beer. The grill sits alongside the bay; Google earth 1200 Glynn Ave, Brunswick GA. Turns out that address gets close it is actually across the street and a half a block down, parking lot and structure. Time to order, Julie had a Blackened Coastal Shrimp salad. The rest of us the Blackened Grouper, Cajun spices with a blend of cheeses – not overwhelming. I with fries and they with Spud potatoes. What are they, so simple wonder why I have not seen these b4. They slice the potato into quarter round slices, coat with a light breading and deep fried. Did I say the grouper was just delicious? Oh ya.
Now it is time to venture off. Jekyll Island is a state park with some residential housing on it. People started visiting it 4,500 years ago.
http://www.jekyllisland.com/
The old part of the island was again built by the super rich. It has the first condo, back to the 1800’s, a beautiful green white trimmed six unit. Forget the owners but some of the inhabitants were J. P. Morgan, William Rockefeller, Vanderbilt and Pulitzer they had their own houses. A beautiful hotel, Jekyll Island Club, is quaint and costs $200 and more with a great restaurant for a price. A couple blocks away was a museum which had many artifacts and descriptions of what went on at the estates. This part of the island was lined with many live oak trees adorned with moss, long strands.
Off to St. Simons Island to view the lighthouse. Did I mention that the winds were blowing at 30 mph and the temp was low 50’s? As we were following the sign to the lighthouse, we missed one of them because of a palm branch blocking our view. Needless to say we went all over the island, got two sets of directions and finally found it. Along the way were many old huse with live oaks and moss hanging from them. The lighthouse is still in use and inspected daily. It had been built in 1872. to reach the top one has to climb 129 spiral steps. It was so windy we could not go out on the landing, but remember when you go up you go down. Today my front upper legs ache from the down journey.
We headed to Julie’s house, with Steve’s travels I think I state it well. Tomorrow he heads to Trinidad for a week. He never let grass grow under him. We sipped on a bottle of Bud Lime. The gals on a Lindeman Reserve Shiraz – tasty. We dined on some ribs, I think Corkies, homemade southern potato salad that has sweet pickles in it, then some beans that had LIMA, and looked like two other beans, fried hamburger mashed up, bacon, sweet and tasty I forgot to ask for the recipes. After dinner we quickly put things together and they took us back. They would get up about 4am to get Steve to airport for a 2:20pm arrival. Sure was fun. Jerry
Now it is time to venture off. Jekyll Island is a state park with some residential housing on it. People started visiting it 4,500 years ago.
http://www.jekyllisland.com/
The old part of the island was again built by the super rich. It has the first condo, back to the 1800’s, a beautiful green white trimmed six unit. Forget the owners but some of the inhabitants were J. P. Morgan, William Rockefeller, Vanderbilt and Pulitzer they had their own houses. A beautiful hotel, Jekyll Island Club, is quaint and costs $200 and more with a great restaurant for a price. A couple blocks away was a museum which had many artifacts and descriptions of what went on at the estates. This part of the island was lined with many live oak trees adorned with moss, long strands.
Off to St. Simons Island to view the lighthouse. Did I mention that the winds were blowing at 30 mph and the temp was low 50’s? As we were following the sign to the lighthouse, we missed one of them because of a palm branch blocking our view. Needless to say we went all over the island, got two sets of directions and finally found it. Along the way were many old huse with live oaks and moss hanging from them. The lighthouse is still in use and inspected daily. It had been built in 1872. to reach the top one has to climb 129 spiral steps. It was so windy we could not go out on the landing, but remember when you go up you go down. Today my front upper legs ache from the down journey.
We headed to Julie’s house, with Steve’s travels I think I state it well. Tomorrow he heads to Trinidad for a week. He never let grass grow under him. We sipped on a bottle of Bud Lime. The gals on a Lindeman Reserve Shiraz – tasty. We dined on some ribs, I think Corkies, homemade southern potato salad that has sweet pickles in it, then some beans that had LIMA, and looked like two other beans, fried hamburger mashed up, bacon, sweet and tasty I forgot to ask for the recipes. After dinner we quickly put things together and they took us back. They would get up about 4am to get Steve to airport for a 2:20pm arrival. Sure was fun. Jerry
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