Bird sightings: terns, brown Pelican. Laughing gulls, egrets, great blue heron, swallows, osprey, grebes We left camp this morning reasonably early to avoid the heavy traffic on the bridge. We decided to stop at Fort Pulaski, near Tybee Island. What we thought would be a half hour visit ended up taking over 2 hours. ThisContinue reading “Day 5: Tybee Island to Blythe island”
Category Archives: Georgia 2023
Day 4: Tybee Island, formerly Savannah Beach
Having made the decision not to go into Savannah today, we are having a delightful non- driving day, enjoying our morning coffee and breakfast outside. We embarked on a 3 hour walk of the area and the beaches. Tybee is a picturesque historic island formerly called Savannah Beach. Mainly beach rental properties, it is notContinue reading “Day 4: Tybee Island, formerly Savannah Beach”
Day 3: Carolina Beach State Park to Tybee Island, GA
We were up and out earlier than yesterday as we still have a distance to drive to our destination outside of Savannah. It rained a little bit overnight. Unfortunately today we were forced back to I95 as we need to make time. South Carolina should be ashamed of the condition of their part of whatContinue reading “Day 3: Carolina Beach State Park to Tybee Island, GA”
Day 2: Kiptopeke to Carolina State Park
Bird sightings: bald eagle, crows, vultures, cormorants, mallards, coots, brown Pelican Continuing our drive south keeping to the eastern shore as best we can. It’s not a direct drive due to the geography and all the water. We crossed the Chesapeke Bay via the bridge / tunnel I wrote about last year in my blogContinue reading “Day 2: Kiptopeke to Carolina State Park”
Day 1: home to Kiptopeke State Park, VA
After a hectic pre-travel day of meetings, classes, hair appointments and packing, we managed to leave home at a fairly decent time this morning. We are heading south again to the Georgia coast but we are taking a more relaxed attitude to the travel and not pushing anything. It really is high time we justContinue reading “Day 1: home to Kiptopeke State Park, VA”
Continuing the Adventure in 2023
Revisiting Georgia It’s that time of year again when we need to get the Zion back on the Road… along with its owners. Although we never really did have winter this year in our area of the eastern United States, our cherry tree is starting to bloom 3 weeks early and the daffodils are spreadingContinue reading “Continuing the Adventure in 2023”