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Jekyll Island

We left for a 2.5 hour drive north on I-95. It rained the entire time we were on the interstate. The rain did not stop until we got off of the interstate and headed east toward the island. We did not have any rain until 2 days later when we got back on the interstate to head home.

After a quick stop at the information center we crossed the bridge onto the island. Heading north we drove to our campground. It is located on the north side of the island. It is just south of a fishing pier/picnic area. We checked in and started pitching the tent. Fortunately we had help from a couple Jedi Knights who were keeping dark forces at bay.

Wyatt helped with holding the tent poles up and pumping up our air mattresses.

After blowing up the beds and setting up our campsite we carved pumpkins.

Pumpkin faces and gravestones.

After carving we still had some daylight left so we took off for the fishing pier and beach.

There were people fishing for crabs off the pier. We saw a sign saying do not swim in water due to hazardous levels of bacteria. We could not believe people would still eat those things.

After the pier we headed across the bridge to the beach. The tide was out so the oyster beds were exposed. The wood from the trees were sticking out of the sand. It was very weird looking.

We headed back to the campsite to eat dinner and enjoy our pumpkins.

We also had a campfire. There was not much privacy at this campground if you had full hookups. The campground people were nice enough to not put anyone directly next to or behind us for the weekend. So we did have space despite the lack of privacy.

The next day we had breakfast and got on our bikes for a long ride to the middle of the island. We packed the bike trailer with jackets, lunches, snacks, and Ryan.

The island is practically flat as a board so riding was easy. We first rode up to the fishing pier and bridge and had our first look at high tide. What a difference!

This was low tide below.

It was a drastic change. There was no beach at all. The water was crashing onto part of the asphalt trail we were on. We rode along to another area that faces the Atlantic Ocean.

The boys had fun watching the waves crash on the shore. Some of the wood floated around with the waves.

We then headed south down the coast. It was a nice ride in between the golf course and the beach. We finally reached our destination. The playground and mini-golf area.

After our pedal back to the campground, total of about 15mi, we had some time to kill before the UF Gator football game on TV (reason for the full hookups), so we headed out to do some fishing.

The last day we packed up our gear and headed over to the Georgia State Sea Turtle Center.

They were having their first annual Turtle-ween festival. It was a little museum/sea turtle hospital that had all sorts of games for the festival. Pumpkin painting. Cookie decorating. Trivia games. Bean bag toss. It was really cute.

The boys standing next to a turtle shell.

Ryan had a witch painted on his face.

After the Turtle center we headed to the small harbor where we had a nice lunch outside.

We had a wonderfully dry time. No rain. Not too cold. The Gators lost but we still had a wonderful time. We will definitely camp on Jekyll Island again. We had so much fun camping that we ended up going camping closer to home two weeks later.