DAYS 3 & 4: A ROAD TRIP WITHIN A ROADTRIP

After our 5 hour drive that took 13 hours, we got up and headed down to St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. It rained on the drive down and got rerouted due to flooding. It was cold and I prayed continuously for the clouds to part and the sun to come out!

Then a tornado watch was issued while we ate dinner at an amazing seafood place. Checked into the nice HOTEL and got settled and checked the forecast for the next day…RAIN.

My Aunts had booked a tour of the island which started at 11am. The rain was forecasted to stop at 11am and start again at 2p. It stopped just before 11am and never rained again during the two days we were there!

We shopped and ate more seafood and sat on the pier and went for ice cream. I walked the beach looking for shells.

I’m not big on tours because I don’t retain everything that’s said and they feel like they take forever. The only thing I retained from the tour was when he talked about the sea turtles coming and laying eggs, the residents of the island putting barriers around the eggs to keep them safe and then watching the baby turtles hatch and head to the ocean. He said, “The female turtle always returns to the same beach she was born. She could be 1,000 miles away and she still finds her way back to where she was born.” At some point, we all find our way home, huh?

While we were eating dinner that night, my one Aunt commented on how we were only 45 mins away from Florida and “we should go just to say we went to Florida.” My Mom commented on how she had always wanted to go to St. Augustine, Florida, which was only 1.5 hours away so we all agreed to go the next morning!

I’m so glad I have family that is always up for an adventure and willing to do things outside of plans that were already made.

I’m still waiting to see an alligator. Everyone else has seen a few but when I turn to look, I NEVER SEE THEM! Even the one on the airport runway! How do I not see it on an open runway?!

Here are pics from St. Simon’s Island.