To get us through tax season 2010, Bry and I planned a road trip down to Florida. We left as soon as he had finished his last day of busy season and drove through the night. (probably not smart, but we did survive.)
First stop was Jekyll Island off the coast of Georgia, one of my favorite places (and one I've blogged about before). It was Bry's first time there and my my first experience staying at the historic Jekyll Island Club Hotel. It was a short stop but we had time for golf on the oldest course on the island (created in 1926 for the Rockefellers who used to spend summers at the club house) and for a dinner of southern shrimp and grits in the hotel's Grand Dining Room. We wished we could stay longer and decided that we would definitely be going back someday.
Next was Cumberland Island. This place was incredible! You have to take a ferry to get there and once you do, it's nothing but natural landscapes and trails (and camp sites for the adventurous). At one point, there was a mansion that had been built there by the Carnegies but after the Great Depression it turned into the crumbled ruins that are on the island today. We wandered around discovering wild horses, moss-draped forests, armadillos, salt marshes, dunes, and empty beaches. Absolutely beautiful. And Bryan was hilarious. He was in heaven...running around like a little kid at Disneyland, telling me to take pictures of everything. (Random cool fact: Gen. Robert E. Lee's father is buried on the island...we found his tombstone)
From there, we headed to Luke and Jenny's for the night for some good family time. And after that it was all relaxing in the sun and sand of Florida with our friends, Chad and Heather. Ahh...lovely trip.
