Garrett looking at the wild horses
Tybee Island Lighthouse
On the Riverwalk in Savannah
Garrett was looking at the horses while we rode
The storm (tornado!) rolling in...We just got back from our last trip to Brunswick. This time Mom, Dad and Cory went down with us. I was very glad to have them along, so I didn't have the drive the whole way by myself! David will be done in Brunswick the end of the month and will be moving to Maryland till the end of January.
On Sunday, we went to St. Augustine, Florida and had a full day there. While we were there, we saw the Fountain of Youth, one of the oldest Catholic churches in the country, a fort that the Spanish used to defend the coast and the oldest wooden school house. It was very hot, but we enjoyed ourselves. After the day there, we drove back through Jacksonville and went to a minor league baseball game between the Jacksonville Suns and Huntsville.
On Monday, we went to Savannah and took a horse and buggy ride throughout the historic part of the city. We went to lunch at Paula Deen's Lady and Sons restaurant. It was much more enjoyable for me this time around. Garrett behaved much better than the first time I went. I definitely enjoyed the chocolate chip ooey gooey butter cake, yum!
While in Savannah, we went to Tybee Island. We didn't get to see much because it came a monsoon. We did get to go to the Tybee Island Lighthouse. While we were there, the Disney cast and crew was there filming the new Miley Cyrus movie.
On Tuesday, we just hung around Jekyll and St. Simon Island. Mom took some family pictures of David, Garrett and I. Needless to say, Garrett is going through a phase were he didn't want his picture made and it didn't go so great.
On Wednesday, we went to Cumberland Island. It is part of the National Park Service about 30 miles from Brunswick. You have to get to the island by ferry and have to have reservations for the ride over and back. The reason we wanted to go to the island is because it is home to about 150 wild horses. The horses have been running wild for about 100 years. The island was home to the Carnegie family (of the Carnegie steel family from Pittsburgh). They owned about 90% of the island. They had 4 mansions on the island and in the late 1890's the main mansion had 300 workers, a tennis court, private golf course, a indoor heated pool, electricity and running water. The mansion burned by arson later on, but some of the house is still standing. Another fact about the island is that JFK, Jr. and his wife were married on the island in a church that held 18 people.
You have to walk everywhere on the island, so we didn't get too far pushing a stroller in 95 degree weather, but we did get to see a lot. We didn't get to go to the beach because it started storming and did it storm. We decided to walk to the ranger station to cool off and see about the weather. We had been waiting there about 45 mintues for the storm to pass and the ranger came out and told us all the get in the building quick. We were under a tornado warning! Of course, I would imagine the last place you wanted to be in a tornado is on a small island. It was an aweful storm, but no tornado. While we were under the tornado warning, Brunswick was also under a warning (where David was at), but all is well.
Enjoy the new pictures, our next adventure is to Maryland (and back to Atlanta) sometime in the Fall :)
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