Another reasonable day, dry and mild. Wake up temperature was in the mid 50’s climbing to the low 60’s later on.
The morning was spent lazing around as usual, then after lunch we headed out to Jekyll Island again. This time we planned to visit the old historic district and the Sea Turtle Sanctuary. As you may remember from our last trip here, Jekyll Island was the play ground of the rich and famous at the turn of the 20th century. The centre of the activities was the Jekyll Island Club, now an hotel where one must still wear “whites” to play croquet.
If the men wished to escape from their wives there was the men only rooms across the road, this building was home to six apartments.
The First Man Cave?
There are a number of smaller cottages in the area for those families that wanted a little more independence!
The whole area is very well treed with the trademark Spanish moss hanging from the branches.
Spanish Moss on Trees
Last time we were here there was a Christmas market set up in the grounds.
We had been to the Turtle sanctuary before, but we both wanted to go back there. It is set up to treat and where possible, release injured turtles back into their natural habitat, as well as displaying a lot of information on turtles and the aims of the sanctuary, it is also possible to see a number of the turtles in their recovery tanks.
Back at the trailer the weather was remained good enough to have our second barbecue in a row!