At the end of March we went to St. Simons Island in Georgia for a weekend with Steven's family and some friends of theirs that came over from Scotland and England. This is a favorite vacation destination for their family and also where Steven's brother was married several years ago. It is a beautiful island that is family friendly, very relaxing and quite scenic. While on the island we took a trip to visit Ft. Fredreca where for $3 you can explore one of the original British settlements. This settlement was meant to protect the colonies up the coast to the north from the Spanish that were further south in what is now Florida. The small fort was built facing the sound and was successful in protecting the other colonies from Spanish invasion.
You can find Spanish moss all over the island. It is nice to take a drive around the island so that you can see all the pretty vegitation and of course all the large homes of its rich inhabitants.
We even found a few orange trees while we were visiting the fort!
5 comments:
Neat! You are going to have to climb for those oranges!
You looked very serious trying to fire off that cannon!
Say "HELLO" to Steven.
I was attempting to reenact the proper battle face. I don't know that I actually succeeded as I do look pretty serious and not all that scary.
I love the pictures!
Kelsey is in SC for crew "training" this week. Somehow training includes touring Charleston and the beach. In her words, "It's very pretty here, except for all the Spanish Moss hanging in the trees." I had to laugh, because I've always felt the same way about the moss. At some point, does it become charming?
I think you should keep the outside pictures coming. Much better than pictures of the inside of a house. I'm sure I am the only one who feels that way, though.
Back off that cannon after you light the fuse, or you will find out what a "proper battle face" really is! :-)
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