I can finally show pictures of Georgia!

My horse picture grouping is from Cumberland Island.  They are everywhere on the island.

We saw a few things while we were in Georgia.  We went to Cumberland Island National Seashore and took an all day island tour including a ferry ride.  We visited St. Mary's and we saw a traditional procession honoring George Washington.  We saw different animals and a burn in Crooked River State Park.  We went to a submarine museum.  A sub base is right next to Crooked River State Park.

We toured Plum Cottage. It is from the Carnegie era when the island was a rich man's winter retreat.  JFK Jr. was married in a tiny, tiny church on Cumberland (no picture). That is why it was a private ceremony.  We saw the church but I cannot find the pix. Plantations were on the island before/during the civil war and in the colonial era live oaks were sold for timber for sailing ships.  Now it is a national site which you must take a 1 hour ferry ride or your own boat to see.  We took an all day tour with a NPS guide, Robin, who was wonderful.  No vehicles (except our tour vans) are on the island now and roads are bumpy sandy one way paths.  There is primitive camping - what you bring in you bring out and one small campground with showers.  Young people in groups were on the ferry and ready to camp there.

Around President's Day there was a ceremony honoring George Washington in St. Mary's.  The president knew people who had connections with Cumberland Island so the first ceremony was just a few months after Geoge Washington's death.  That tradition continues today. There was a riderless horse with backward boots in stirrups in the procession.

 

At Crooked River State Park they did a prescribed burn.  Some of the burn area was in back of our rig.  Note below how close to the MH is was.  They knew just what they were doing.  The next few nights after dark fires in dead trees were still burning as patches in the woods glowed and flamed.