March 25, 2012 – Brunswick, GA


Today found us situated in Brunswick, GA. We ride-shared (car pooled) to Jekyll Island where we had a trolley ride through the grounds of the Jekyll Island Club. The Club was formed in the early 1900s by a group of men who were the presidents of many different companies and were looking for a place where they could summer in opulence. They built this magnificent Clubhouse which is now owned by the State of Georgia and is a grand hotel.



Many “cottages” dote the grounds which were the personal residences of these extremely rich people. A cottage meant a structure of many bedrooms, bathrooms, parlors and dining rooms. They were more like dormitories!

After our trolley tour we enjoyed an AWESOME buffet lunch in the hotel. Words are hard to come by to describe it so you will just have to look at the pictures and drool!!



March 24, 2012 – Traveling from St. Augustine, FL to Brunswick, GA


Today was a travel day where we went from St. Augustine, FL to Brunswick, GA. Along the way we made a stop at the Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. We were treated to a boat trip through a part of the swamp where we were able to see lots of wildlife including alligators and turtles. It was interesting to see the folks from places other than Florida getting so excited about seeing alligators!! The alligators in the swamp are black rather than the green we are familiar with because of the tannin in the water that comes from the peat under the water.

After the boat trip we had a nice lunch prepared by the staff at the Center. Then it was on to Brunswick, GA.

March 21st found us starting our 8-month long RV journey which will take us to Alaska, Vancouver, British Columbia and down the West Coast of the United States to San Diego. We drove from Sun City Center, Florida to St. Augustine, Florida, to have dinner with our long-time friends Debby and Alan Katz and wait for arrival of the Adventure Caravans Southern Exposure trip. We were joining the Caravan on day 26 of 31 days as we had already done most or all of the Florida portion of the trip.


The Caravan consisting of 23 assorted RVs including the Wagonmaster and Tailgunner arrived in at the campground early in the afternoon of Thursday, March 22nd. In the evening we had a margarita and Mexican Fiesta. Our wagonmasters, Terry and Barry, are quite cognizant of the food problems of different folks and certainly went out of their way to accommodate them.

Friday morning, March 23rd, we were on the bus early for a city tour of St. Augustine. We saw the gates of the city with the lions guarding it,



 the Fountain of Youth including having a drink of water from it, the oldest wooden school house in America,



 the Castillo De San Marcos masonry fortification

 and a magnificent church that was built by a gentleman in memory of his daughter who died at childbirth.



The same gentleman had a house built which the architect put in American Standard fixtures but had to replace them all because the gentleman owned Moen!!

Whilst in St. Augustine some of us walked a very long two blocks to have a delicious lunch at the Columbia Restaurant which is one of 7 owned by the Gonzmart family. We had previously been to their restaurants in St. Armand’s Circle near Siesta Key and the original in Ybor City near Tampa.