Lowcountry in the rear view mirror....Florida beckons

Blogging in Florida.....note who has the life of Riley while some of us work!!   My friend Ali taking it easy after a long walk on the beach.   The flowers on the table are by the way, Pam's.....not mine!  (courtesy of Amy Remick)

Our last campfire at Hunting Island in South Carolina.   We left HI with mixed feelings: looking forward to new adventures along our now Westerly route....but also saddened a bit to say goodbye to Beaufort and its surroundings.   We came to love the area and decided once our travel days come to an end we could easily spend winter months in the area....continuing to spend summer and fall months in the North Country of course.   Interesting to think about.....swapping the North Country for the Low Country....hmmm.


We are now in the Kathryn Abbey Hanna City Park in Jacksonville, FL.   The park is quiet when the Navy helicopters are not flying overhead....and it feels quite remote.   But drive the one mile to the entrance to the park and one is quickly reminded of the hubbub created by upwards of 1 million folks scurrying every which way.   Our plan is to visit historic St Augustine (one hour south) tomorrow....and then over the weekend possibly make the 60 mile trek to the Okeefenokee National Wildlife Preserve and Swamp in nearby southern Georgia.   We will let you all know in future blogs.

 Below is a photo of the interior area of the Beaufort Tidal Basin.   The large building in the center is the Beaufort Hospital....where Pam spent the night following her injury.   (Her room was the top floor, 5th window from the left).






Above is another view (looking away from the city) of the tidal basin, with the Lady's Island bridge in the background (and Parris Island, the Marine Corps training center, beyond the bridge). 





To close this blog edition, here are a few photos from Savannah, Georgia.   Lots of history in Savannah, the end to Sherman's march to the sea near the end to the Civil War.   Many beautiful houses in the city as well....a testimony to the wealth that once (and in many cases still is) located here.



Leopold's famous ice cream parlor.  It dates back to 1919 and
has the best ice cream!!

One of the many manor homes in Savannah.

A small cafe that gives discounts to Girl Scouts in honor of
Julette Gordon Low, the group's founder in the 1920's.

Stay tuned, Y'all.  Our blogs will continue as we venture West from this area....we can now say "see you next month", John and Alison!!!