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Jekyll
Island, Georgia |
| The island measures about 7 miles long by 1.5 miles wide, has 8 miles of wide flat beaches and lots of tidal marshlands. | |
| Jekyll Island is an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia, in Glynn County, midway between Savannah, Georgia and Jacksonville, Florida. It is one of the Sea Islands and one of the Golden Isles of Georgia. The city of Brunswick, Georgia, the Marshes of Glynn, and several other islands, including the larger St. Simons Island, are nearby. Its beaches are frequented by vacationers and guided tours of the Landmark Historic District are available. Bike trails, walks along the beaches and sandbars, and Summer Waves, a water park, are a few of the many things vacationers can do. The district consists of a number of buildings from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The island is also full of wildlife, consisting of many different mammals and reptiles living in the island's inland marshes. | |
There is
a fun, surprise set of photos at the bottom of this page |
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The entry road to Jekyll
Island The first sign you see says that there is no gas on the island. It cost $5 daily to enter Jekyll Island. Even residents have to buy an annual pass. |
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| A six-mile causeway separates Jekyll from the mainland and the City of Brunswick. | |
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Latitude 31 Restaurant
on the historic Jekyll Island Club Wharf. |
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Walking the boardwalk to
the restaurant |
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| view from the right side of the boardwalk at high tide | view from the right side of the boardwalk at low tide - Oyster shells |
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| view
from the left side of the boardwalk at high tide and a glimpse of the
bridge |
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| A
bee in a potted plant near the table. |
Lee enjoying the "Rah Bar"
at Latitude 31 |
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The view of the two RV
Gypsies while enjoying some really great shrimp at the "Rah" Bar |
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View from the fishing pier
at Jekyll Island |
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| The two RV Gypsies take a walk along the beach just past the fishing pier and past the bend you see in the above photo. Lee puts on Karen's hat just to be funny. | |
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Lots of birds flying around
this fishing ship |
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| It is a very windy (but hot) on the beach - the white streaks you see in the photo below are actually sand drifts blowing in our faces. The ocean makes a water path in the sand. | |
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| Lee finds a dead horseshoe crab in the sand - What kind of faces or images do you imagine you see in the underside (legs) of the horseshoe crab? | |
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It is very windy on the
beach and Karen can not even see where she is walking |
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Karen tries to get the
hair out of her face and Lee photographs her WILD shadow |
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| Several photos were taken from this beach of the St. Simons Lighthouse - continue on and these will be shown later. | |
The
beach on the east shore of Jekyll Island with sand packed hard enough
for easy walking - photos looking in each direction from the boardwalk |
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| The two RV Gypsies
explore a small path from the road. There are 20 miles of hiking trails
on Jekyll Island - this is just a one minute path to the waterway, not
one of the hiking trails. Spanish moss covers live oak trees throughout
the island. |
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| The two RV Gypsies get a glimpse of the lighthouse on St. Simons Island - scroll down for a link to those photos. | Karen Duquette enjoying the view |
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The
two RV Gypsies notice that the trees are all leaning away from the ocean |
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The two RV Gypsies turn
around, and the view is very different |
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| A distance view of the Suspension Bridge | The
Suspension Bridge as viewed from the fishing pier |
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| Various sunset
views at Jekyll Island |
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| There is a
small row of stores on the island, including a fishing gear store |
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| A
203-foot tall suspension bridge that connects the island to the mainland. |
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| The
view driving over the bridge |
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 Karen
and Lee were at Jekyll Island in 1975 with their two children, Renee and
Brian. Here's a couple of pictures from 1975 on Jekyll Island. Enjoy a good
laugh! |
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Sub-menu for the Sea Islands
and surrounding areas You may visit these in any order you choose |
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Jekyll Island, Georgia |
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| After you have visited all ten (10) sections above, please continue on to the next adventure of the two RV Gypsies - Okefenokee Swamp |