We decided to do this road trip a little different from what we’ve done in the past. Instead of moving every day or two, we are targeting a base location and staying there for a week or more and then moving on for 1 or 2 days and stopping at a different location for another week or more. This method is a lot more restful as we can tour one day and loaf around the campsite the next.
Stop 1 – Eagle Hammock RV Park located on the Navy Submarine Base/Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic at Kings Bay, GA. Having been stationed at Naval Station, Mayport in 1978 – 1981 we wanted to see how the NE Florida area had changed and to visit some places we never went to when we lived here. So lookout, as we come “booming” in.
Here we are entering our gated community for the next two weeks.
The road to Eagle Hammock took us past this display of power.
The Navy sure knows how to build RV Parks. Each site has full hook-ups including cable. We were in the lakefront area and due to a previous lightning strike, instead of cable, we had dish!
Barb has wanted to go to Jekyll Island and St Simon’s Island for the longest time so they were the first places we visited. Both islands are laid back, relaxing, resort islands. First we drove around Jekyll Island and that was easy to do as the island is rather small. The first area we went to was the Jekyll Island Club Resort. How would you like to spend a week there?
Having thoroughly driven around and toured Jekyll Island, we moved on to St Simon’s Island for another mobile tour. My breathing issues and Barb’s knee limit the amount of walking we can do, so a lot of pictures are taken out the car windows.
When we got there we went in search of the St Simon’s Island Lighthouse. We probably would have been able to find it quicker if it was nighttime, but we succeeded in finding it without any help from its light.
The next site on St Simon’s is Christ Episcopal Church. It was established there in 1738 as a mission of the Church of England. I couldn’t remember all the history presented on the Georgia highway sign so I took a picture of it. Read the history if you wish and then move on to the picture of the church.
Leaving St Simon’s we drove through Brunswick and stopped in the port area for these images. As the highway sign says, Brunswick was a strong supporter in the ship building industry during WWII.
Also nearby, a three-masted sailing ship, the “PEACEMAKER”, was moored.
Not wanting to bore everyone with my chatter, I’ve decided to split Stop 1 into two posts, so stay tuned for more when I can put it all together.