Georgia Trip

We just got back from Georgia yesterday. :-) We arrived on Tybee Island on Sunday afternoon and went to the beach. We were concerned that Tyler might not like it because last May when we went to the beach in Charleston he screamed and cried. A year can make a big difference because he had a ball! He had his own ocean baby pool with the way some water created a shallow pool surrounded by a bunch of sand.

We went into Savannah on Monday and thought it was charming. We like Charleston better but certainly enjoyed Savannah. We tried to go to the beach in the later part of the afternoon but it POURED buckets of rain. We managed to go for a little while after we ate dinner. Tyler was happy playing in the sand and was mad when we had to literally pull him away from it because it was almost completely dark.

On Tuesday we stopped at Fort Pulaski as we departed Tybee Island. What an interesting place! I highly recommend it for anyone who likes historical sites. We arrived on Jekyll Island that afternoon. Good job, Rick, on our hotel! It was a resort on the water and we had an ocean view with a balcony. It wasn't expensive, either. Rick and Tyler went to the beach while I unpacked and organized. It was kind of cold and rather windy so the beach jaunt was short. One thing about Jekyll Island is that it has very limited conveniences. That is both good and bad. It's good because it is not a touristy place and is not commercialized. The bad thing is that there are only a handful of restaurants and they're expensive. There was only one grocery store and it was small and expensive. Our room didn't have a refrigerator (which lead me to believe that's the resort's way of 'encouraging' people to eat there).

We visited St. Simon's Island the next day which was Wednesday. It's bigger and much more commercialized. We liked Jekyll Island better but St. Simon's was still neat. We went up into the historical lighthouse. Rick carried Tyler up all those stairs. My situational fear of heights flared up! Rick said my bottom lip was quivering!

One hundred percent convinced that Tyler needed a nap, we went back to our hotel on Jekyll. I told Rick I'd stay with Tyler so he could go exploring. I was quite tired and was hoping to nap with Tyler. No such luck. Tyler just wanted to watch his hockey video and was captivated by the fact that he could look at himself playing hockey in the full length mirror. (We brought his mini hockey stick and some balls.)
Later that afternoon we went to the Georgia Sea Turtle Rehab Center. It was a terrific experience.

I got to enjoy my surprise Mother's Day gift the next day, a one hour horseback ride on the beach. Wow. I liked it quite a bit and would like to do it again. My horse's name was Dixie and she was sweet. We left for home after lunch. It was a good trip but we were glad to be home. You know how it is....traveling with a 3 year old can be hard. I do have to say that Tyler behaved really well for the most part. :-)