St Simon Island, GA-July 1, 2011

Where did June go? We went to St Simon, Island today. It is everything that Jekyll is not. It is a big island. The houses are huge and beautiful. Lawns and streets are cared for. There was a ton of traffic. It has a huge permanent resident population. And we really enjoyed it. By going there we made our second trip across the Sidney Lanier bridge, Georgia's tallest suspension bridge. It is 486 feet high and 7780 feet long. It's a really BIG bridge! At the base on one side is the import/export port of entry. Many different types of cars go in and out of there. We stood on the pier and watched one cargo shipped filled with cars make it's way through the intracoastal waterway. The captain blew the horn and we all stood there and waved like we were saying goodbye to relatives. Maybe I was. Maybe there was a BMW on that ship with my name on it! After we checked out the downtown we went to Fort Frederica. There was a huge battle there between the British and the Spanish in the 1730s. The British won and the Spanish retreated all the way to St Augustine, Florida. We both have learned more about history in the past two weeks than we have learned in our entire lives put together. It has been so interesting. They have uncovered the remains of several structures at the Fort. They were so tiny. We walked almost the entire fort. The trees dripping with moss created a canopy of coolness and shade in addition to a beautiful landscape. It was great fun to study that Fort. Once again, thanks to our son's purchase of a National Park pass, we got in free. That is so nice. But we would have paid to see this fort because it was so pretty and so full of history. It sat right on the Savannah River. Today was a very nice day. We have not decided what's on tap for tomorrow. It might depend on the traffic. I hope everyone has a great weekend.