A warm wake up at 65°F with a high of 72°F later in the day. Lyn went off to do the laundry this morning, although it was a warm and breezy day, this campsite has a strict no washing line policy, so much to Lyn’s dismay the tumble dryer had to be used.
After lunch we headed about 10 miles down the road to Jekyll island. We had been there before when we first visited the area a couple of years ago. To enter the island a $6 “parking fee” is required to be paid. Last time we were here this was collected at a small wooden hut after you crossed the bridge onto the island, now there is a new automated collection point on the causeway before the bridge. The good new is that the machine takes $50 bills without question, unlike some of the stores!
A lot of cosmetic work had been done at the entrance to the island with new roads and vegetation in place. It looks very good. We drove around the island, and although somethings are new such as a convention centre, many of the beach front shops that had temporarily been moved into porta-kabins when we were last here were still in their temporary location.
We headed up to the North end of the island where there was a wildlife area and small beach. Apparently wildlife equated to fishing, so we took a walk along the beach. As we started out there was a local fishing boat returning to port. To the left of the boat is the start of the bridge into Brunswick.
Fishing Boat
There was a lot of driftwood on the beach ranging from small logs to fully grown trees.
Driftwood
No day at the beach would be complete without an ice cream, so we completed the day!