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We rode down to the fish pier one morning to see how the fish were biting. Lindsay is hankering to get a fishing rod next year. On this occasion we saw more fishermen than fish. It must be the “doing” rather than the “catching” that’s the draw. We continued riding through the tidal basin – very quiet and pretty. On the way back, we stopped at Driftwood Beach again. A young woman from Florida who was also revisiting the beach took our picture. On Monday we went to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Center in Folkston, GA – about 50 miles away. There were so few people there we thought it was closed. We took a guided boat tour through the swamp with two other couples. It was beautiful and serene, but actually we saw more ... read more

Despite the rather gloomy start to the day last week, we ventured out and treated ourselves to a lunch at the Crane Cottage. Then we took a tour of the Jekyll Island Club for $1.25 each. We were familiar with the history of the Rockefellers and the 50 or so other movers and shakers who came to Jekyll to build their vacation “cottages” in 1886. In 1947 the state of Georgia purchased the island from the Club and has managed to preserve and restore most of the cottages as well as the main clubhouse with its grand dining room. It is now deemed an historic treasure. The tour was excellent: being in the room where 6 financiers drafted what later became the Federal Reserve System was fascinating. The “Presidential Suite” had a wrought iron staircase to ... read more

The Hopewell Rocks, also called the Flowerpot Rocks, are formations caused by tidal erosion. The bases of the formations are covered by water twice a day. At low tide you can walk on the beach (sea floor). High tide can be as high as 52 feet giving this area one of the highest average tides in the world. Average tidal height change is about 40 feet. At high tide, kayakers go into the formations and through the natural arches of the “flowerpots”. Like many of the days here in Canada, the sky was overcast. It's fine for walking and sightseeing, but the pictures are not bathed in sunshine. We stayed overnight near here in Alma, New Brunswick, and had the best haddock, mussels, and clam dinner ever. Yum!... read more

Driving the Cabot Trail On Wednesday we drove along the Cabot Trail, which is touted as one of Canada’s most dramatic scenic drives. It’s hard to capture in pictures the drama of driving along a coastline where the mountains meet the sea, so we made up in quality for what we lacked in quantity! The day started out sunny, but as we crossed to the eastern shore, dark clouds rolled in with fog and rain. Our much anticipated picnic lunch on a beach turned out to be a quick stop by the side of the road. We then headed back over the mountains to sunshine and warm weather. We didn’t drive the whole trail, but we still put 150 miles on the car and had a lovely day.... read more

We're having a nice relaxing vacation here at the beach. Just about every square foot of beachfront on Emerald Isle is spoken for, so the real estate that this RV park sits on is prime. We are about 100 yards from the water. The beach is beautiful, but the surf is a bit rough. Lindsay's only Morton 1st cousin, Linwood and his family live in Jacksonville and they visited us on Sunday. On Wednesday Lindsay and Linwood visited the family graveyard as Lindsay has done quite a bit of family tree research. We met Linwood's daughter, Julie, and her husband Alfredo. They're a nice couple. Alfredo was recently promoted to Captain in the Marine Reserves. On Thursday we went to Beaufort (that's Bo-furt, y'all, not Bu-furt). Like its sister city in SC, Beaufort is a pretty ... read more