After our all-day tour of Savannah, Georgia, the day before (last post), we woke up to a gloriously sunny Wednesday for our half-day trip to Tybee Island, before heading back to Bob and Peggy's, south of Atlanta.
Tybee Island is all of 2.7 sq. miles with a population of approximately 3K people just 18 miles east of downtown Savannah. And because we visited during the off-season, in the middle of the week, we had it almost all to ourselves!
I just LOVE boardwalks down to the beach, don't you?!
And yes, that's the Atlantic Ocean.
What is it that calls us to the sea?
As long as I can remember, "big water" has beckoned me.
Was it living in Michigan near the Big Lakes?
It's partly the beachcombing, of course.
Treasures of the sea.
After filling up our lungs with salt air that first stop, we drove to the lighthouse, first built in 1736.
What is it about lighthouses??!!
See how it just gets better and better.
Across the parking lot from the lighthouse is the Tybee Museum from 1961.
Though we didn't pay to go in, I especially liked all the flags, going back to the Spanish Period, 1520-1605.
There's even a Pirates flag at this Battery Garland of Fort Screven!
Behind the museum we walked down to the beach on this part of the island.
A charm of a different color!
(that's Astrid's pelican weathervane, which I totally missed!)
(that's Astrid's pelican weathervane, which I totally missed!)
I had the chance to try out the focal range on my new 24-1200mm PowerShot camera,
getting all these birds at close to the 1200mm maximun. Pure craziness!
(Don't worry is that means nothing to you...they were very far away, that's all.)
(Don't worry is that means nothing to you...they were very far away, that's all.)
I love that the beaches have these photogenic swings, don't you!
AND a gazebo, where Bob and Peggy relaxed while Astrid and I beachcombed.
Walking back to the car...what a view!
Our last order of business before heading back home was the Crab Shack.
Bob had done the research and knew it was THE place to eat for lunch, chosen GA's best.
"Where the elite eat in their bare feet."
He heard no complaints from the peanut gallery!
Astrid and I shared the Sampler for one person and had more than enough to eat.
Remember, this was 2 weeks before Halloween!
And they can seat over 600 people during peak season.
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That was that...our 3-day, 2-night trip to Savannah and Tybee Island, thanks to Bob and Peggy. Every time we spend time with them they have finished another part of the house they built from scratch.
The entire ground/walk-out basement floor is an apartment where we stay when we're there.
We could LIVE there, easily. HA!
Even Roscoe, their adopted dog, feels at home there.
(all above images were taken by Astrid except the one of Roscoe, top-left, on the way to boarding)
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Before signing off on this trip, here are some flowers from Savannah with the new camera.
I really am quite pleased with the results.
Even the macros have pleasantly surprised me...though I want to do a lot more tweaking.
Lots of stops and whistles to figure out!
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Next up...New York City, where we spent our first 5 days with Robin!
