Our campsite backs onto a little lake. Picture looking out at dawn to see mist rising off the lake and a dozen swans swimming gently around. Wow!
We are more and more in vacation mode by the day! on our last official day in Georgia, it took us til after 9 to load up and wander in the direction of Tybee Island.
The town resembles Grand Bend, but on a larger scale. We would have loved to shop at the souvenir places, but after all, how much "stuff" you fit into one little camper? So, we settled on hitting the beach. Since Tybee Island does not allow pets on the beach, we took turns swimming. There was a covered gazebo about half way along the boardwalk to the beach, so one of us stayed with Max and the other went swimming. Turns out there was an older couple also sitting in the gazebo watching for a US Air force plane to drop several paratroopers into the ocean on a scheduled training flight. We spent some time talking to them. They were really nice, typical Southern people. Told us lots about their lives - ex airforce, both of them with lots of stories.
While Karl was swimming, I saw a dolphin in the water swim within 20 feet of him!! Too bad for me because I had been in the exact spot the dolphin swam not 15 min before!!
We had heard so much about a seafood restaurant, the Crab Shack, so for lunch, we rerouted more than once to try to find it! But boy was it worth the hunt! It was done up like a Tiki Bar, but also had all kinds of other neat signs etc. and a pond (fenced in of course) with dozens of small alligators. There was a sign in the restaurant (open air overlooking the bay) that said "please don't feed your children to the alligators, it makes them sick"
They let us take Max in. He sat under our table and glared at the cats who had free roam of the place.
We asked a German couple at the next table to take our picture. Turned out they were on their way back to Berlin in a few days for their wedding and then planned to leave on a year long world tour, sheesh! He couldn't have been more than 50! Told us they flew into Atlanta a few days ago and were driving a rented corvette convertible. We are rubbing elbows with jet setters, woohoo!!
Well tomorrow we start our journey home. We have definitely loved Georgia. 😍
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