Jekyll Island, GA-June 30, 2011

Since I have read and studied about our Federal Reserve banking system being started on Jekyll Island in complete secrecy, I had high expectations of this island. We were both very shocked and disappointed. There were no beautiful mansions. All of the houses were at least 50 years old, but many were much older. Some were in disrepair, many needed paint, some lawns were not tended. There was one huge beach side hotel crumbling and currently for sale. The beaches were nasty. The first beach we walked near, not on, was covered in oil. The petroleum smell was intense. The second beach we stopped to see was very dark brownish black. It was so hard that people had dug sporadic holes and they were playing golf on the beach. We just stood there with our mouths open in disbelief. People were sitting there like it was the best thing since sliced bread. Oh, my, those poor people. We will never go back there. What a waste of time and money. We then went to downtown Brunswick, GA. It was quaint and cute. We had a great lunch in a place that was packed to the rafters with locals. That's always a good sign. Then we found a new shopping center. I browsed Target while Jerry browsed Lowe's. That was fun. We are not really encouraged to go anywhere else tomorrow because today's excursion was such a disappointment, but we will do something! Stay tuned.