We had a lovely time on our trip down to Georgia and especially to the coast where I finally got to meet some of my hubby’s extended family. Both of the hubby’s parents grew up in a town along the Georgia coastline which over the years has seen some changes but remains relatively the same in population. The attraction to this town is really the islands off of it known as the Golden Isles. These consist of Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island, Sea Island and Little St. Simons Island. These areas are rather the “touristy” areas that attract visitors to the town where my hubby’s parents grew up because getting to these islands you must travel through Brunswick.
Since it was my first time there, this gave my father-in-law the opportunity to play tourist with all of us as he showed us around the town and throughout two of the islands: Jekyll and St. Simons. Jekyll was once the winter retreat to many of America’s wealthy families including the Rockefellers, Cranes and Macys. Today these homes are being maintained and/or restored for the public to visit. While we didn’t have time to tour inside the homes, we did take a lovely walking tour of the area where these homes were.
This is Indian Mound, the winter cottage of the Rockefellers.
This is the Crane Cottage, the winter home of the Crane family of the Crane faucets and fixtures.
We also visited St. Simons Island where we had dinner with some family one evening and walked along the pier. The next day we visited the Fort Frederica National Monument. Here are a couple of pictures from our visit there:
This is the fort itself along the coastline.
A lovely picture of the coastline along Fort Frederica.
The trip down to the coast of Georgia was just wonderful and especially getting to meet the hubby’s only living grandparent, his grandmother who is truly a southern lady! Even at the age of 88, she is sharp as a tack with a lovely sense of humor. I can’t wait until our son gets to meet his great-grandmama.
Other highlights of our trip was visiting some of my hubby’s college friends and their new babies; spending time with his parents, brother and sis-in-law; and finally eating some Chipotle and yummy Chinese food! In all, it was a nice vacation and one that the hubby needed!