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Brunswick, GA  and Jekyll Island

11/23/2014

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Hi Tide at Brunswick GA
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Low Tide, 8' down from the morning
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Near the Farmers Market in Brunswick
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Unusual musical instrument, made of wood and pvc plumbing pipes. The percussion sticks are missing.
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Back of the above musical instrument. Saw this and others at the Waterfront Park in Brunswick.
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Moxie in her slip at the Brunswick Landing Marina. This Marina is huge, hundreds of boats.
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Rout 17 Brunswick Bridge over the Brunswick River.
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Main Entrance into Jekyll Island State Park
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Old Jekyll Island Club House and Annex, Now a Hotel. Note the croquet court. Jekyll Island was a private club for the rich and famous from 1885 until 1942. Some members built "cottages" and would winter here and summer in Newport RI.
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The pool was a recent addition.
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Another view from the side.
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The head supervisors house.
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Huge oak trees and Spanish moss. The canopy of these trees are something else.
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Electric runabout circa 1915-1920.
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It's Christmas in Jekyll Island. Front porch of one of the cottages.
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We wont be able to visit at night, but quite a few of the trees will be lit up for Christmas.
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Another Cottage.
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Cottages of all sizes and styles
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The "Crane" cottage. Plumbing family Crane
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Some of the workers at Jekyll Island lived on site. Their homes are now small shops.
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Another Cottage. Some of the cottages are part of the Museum and others are inhabited by new owners.
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The main street of the Historical section on Jekyll Island.
We visited Jekyll Island today. It was formerly a private hunting and wintering estate for the rich and famous for people like the Morgan's, the Rockerfellow's  Goodyear's and Crane's, to mention a few.
It's heyday would have been the early twentieth century. It is now a state park, there are numerous hotels, 2 or 3 large (18 hole) golf courses, beautiful sandy beaches, bike trails and many restaurants. There is also a historical section and museum. We relly enjoyed our visit here.

Brunswick GA is a nice little town, It's downtown is having a hard time with many empty shops.
Tomorrow,  we will push on south and plan to be in St. Mary's for the Cruisers get together and pot luck diner on American Thanksgiving day. We should be in Florida the next day.
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Michael Torras link
2/9/2022 05:43:34 am

Thanks for visiting us at Brunswick Landing Marina! We have made quite a few improvements since you guys were here. We hope you'll come back and see us again on your next passing voyage. :)

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