Brunswick, GA and the TRVN Rally

eWe left the Skidaway State Park at about 10:00am on Sunday.  After stopping off at a “Krispy Kreme” donut shop for breakfast, we got on I-95 and headed south to Brunswick, GA, and the Coastal RV Resort.  This RV park will be our ‘home’ until next Sunday while we attend the TRVN rally.

We got checked in and parked by noon, and spent the afternoon washing clothes and, eventually, washed the outside of the Bus.  The park is very nice, with a lot of upscale landscaping.  Here are some pictures of our site…..

The site is located on a river.  The following are some pictures of the pavilion where the rally activities will be held…….

On Monday morning, Patsy and I decided to drive to Jekyll Island, about 18 miles away, and tour  the island.  You can read about the history of Jekyll Island here.

The entrance fee to Jekyll Island was listed in the brochures as $3 for a car, but when we got there, it had doubled to $6.  There were signs in a lot of places stating that “this facility, part, statue, etc was paid for by your entrance fee’.

Here are some of the old buildings that were on the island…….

The ‘skeleton’ of the house of the original inhabitant of the island was still standing……….

Here is the marina on the island………..

You can see the tall bridge in the background above.  It is the bridge over the intercostal canal on Hwy 17, which we went over later in the day.

We also found a campground on the island, but it was pretty rustic…

On our way off the island, we found the accessible beach and the local shopping area.  The entire shopping center, which was small, was made up of ‘double-wide’ trailers.  It appeared that the original buildings were wiped out by a hurricane in the last few years, and this was the new village.   We saw an area about one mile down the road that was fenced off and all that was there was old paved parking areas!!  Here is the shopping village now……..

………. and here is the beach in the same area.

There were people in the water, but I bet it was cold!!

When we left the park, we crossed the tall bridge to go into Brunswick to shop at Wal-Mart and to get some lunch………

Tonight, we had a ‘salad’ potluck dinner at the park as a pre-rally event.  Tomorrow, Patsy and I will go into Brunswick to pick up a ‘keyless entry control module’ for the Honda that I ordered through the local dealer, and while out, we plan to tour St. Simon’s Island.

Savannah Georgia–Day 2

Friday morning we decided to go back to the historic district and the downtown area during the morning, and then head to Tybee Island in the afternoon, and finish the day off with a local seafood dinner. 

After getting familiar with the area yesterday, the day went much smoother.  Back at the historic area, we checked out some of the shops and the local crafts.

We came upon this guy that was making ‘roses’ out palm tree leaves.   Pretty good detail!!

We walked through several of the shops and watched some candy making.  We saw them making pecan pralines, and got a lot of samples!  We also watched the making of salt water taffy.

After a while, we moved to the downtown area.   The first stop was a market section where the streets were closed and activity going on.  We sampled some more pralines and cookies!!

I am not a wine (well, maybe whine!!) person, but I did enjoy the following sign……… and putting it here for my California friends from Quartzsite!!

Patsy wanted find Paula Deen’s restaurant, Lady and Sons,and we found it, along with a gift shop just down the street…….

We decided that it was too early to eat, so Patsy just visited the gift shop.  Somebody is getting a gift from there!!  

While we were downtown, we rode around and found a lot azaleas in bloom……..

In the afternoon, we decided to drive the 18 miles to Tybee Island.  The city of Tybee Island turned out to be a small and quiet beach resort town  There was a lack of the big ‘beachy’ stores, and it just seemed to be a nice place to have a beach home and to get away for some quiet time.  Here are a few beach pictures…….

To wrap up our day, we decided to have dinner at Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House restaurant.  This restaurant is owned and operated by Paula Deen’s brother.  I had blackened fish and shrimp, and Patsy had a grilled shrimp platter. The food was really good!!  Here are some pictures of Uncle Bubba’s place…..

The restaurant is large, and they evening have outside seating which appears to be used for parties also.  Note the ‘boat’ bench below…..

 

You can also see the long pier in the background.  These are very prominent in this marshy area.  People build the long piers to have access to the water ways behind their homes.  There is another long pier in the following picture taken from the restaurant.

More moss-filled trees from Uncle Bubba’s “backyard”……..

That takes care of Friday.  As reported below, Saturday was a ‘work’ day.  In addition to the projects discussed, I also tore into the driver’s door panel to access the ‘keyless entry control’ module.  Our keyless remotes stopped working in Little Rock, and it is a big inconvenience!!  I found the module, and managed to put one on order with a Honda place in Brunswick.  It will arrive on Tuesday morning, and I will install it.

We finished up the day by washing the Honda……… to get the rest of the Little Rock bird poop off of it.  

Tomorrow morning, we head for Brunswick for the TRVN rally for a week.