With coffee in hand, it was an o’dark thirty start from Teakettle Creek anchorage.

We had a beautiful sunrise to the east, while also seeing a full moon setting in the west.

Our run from Teakettle Creek anchorage down to Jekyll Island was fairly easy.  We ended up following another Deltaville boat, Dream Catcher, as they had anchored a few creeks south.  We had met them in Myrtle Beach at another friends home we had gone to for dinner, and it is fun to keep catching up and conversing with the other boaters you meet along the way.

Again, the tides are incredible!

We spent three nights at Jekyll Harbor Marina.  Very nice spot.

Pet water fountains … I like this island!  Need I say more?!

The island is largely undeveloped — regulations in place stipulate that 65% of the land remain undeveloped. Interesting also, land or homeowners who purchase property on the island do not actually “own” their property. Instead, they have a 99 year lease.  Most of the shoreline beach is undeveloped and therefore all public beach access.  A biking/walking trail circles the entire island (over 20 miles of trails).  You can bike to any point on the island.

Some pictures from our bike tour.

The Jekyll Island Club, now a national historical landmark, was developed by the likes of the J. P. Morgan, Rockefeller, Goodyear in the late 1800s as winter retreats.  It operates today as a hotel resort.

These are two of the “cottages” owned by the club members during the clubs glory days.

We ended our stay on Jekyll with a light meal at the hotel and night caps at the lobby bar. For the movie buffs, the circular lobby bar was built and used in the film “The Legend of Baggar Vance” starring Matt Damon and Will Smith.

The captain says, “hhmmmpph”.

Next stop Cumberland Island, Georgia’s largest barrier island.  We anchored here two nights.

Absolutely beautiful hiking in the maritime forest.  We have had some chilly weather but the days are warming up nicely now.

Ruins of the late 1800’s landowners mansion.  I’m trying to imagine what life on a barrier island at that time was like.  These folks were in a mansion, with gold-plated china table settings, and silver and crystal; but still a very simple yet complicated life.