It just keeps getting better!

27 days and about 1400 miles of Florida and we enjoyed it all. It's been 67 days and 3700 miles since leaving home in Feb.

We had a fun stop near Jacksonville to see a friend of Gregg's that he hadn't seen in about 50 years. They treated us to Happy Hour in their nice wine shop.

Our last stop in Florida was Amelia Island where we might have caught this big fish if we'd gone out fishing (didn't).

Cute little town of Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island and a shopkeeper expresses their feelings on political matters on a chalkboard out on the sidewalk.

Then - next stop Georgia.

This is Griffin at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island. He weighs 197 pounds and is being rehab-ed after some brain damage. The black patches are velcro and they attach weights to him to make him practice diving in hopes that he will re-learn doing that. Lots of turtles being cared for at the Center - very interesting.

But here is what this island is really all about - its history. From 1888-1946 it was owned by the Jekyll Island Club members before being sold to the state of Georgia. Club members included JP Morgan, Rockefellers, Pulitzers and the like - the upper echelon of the rich and elite of the USA. The history and buildings and furnishings have been remarkably preserved making this a fascinating place to stay.

The hotel still has croquet played in the front yard, players dressed in white. This is one of the "little" cottages, as they called them.

We had some wonderful bike rides on 20 miles of diverse trails - some along beach, some through maritime forest that is very jungle-y. HUGE Live Oaks dripping with Spanish Moss, Saw Palmettos, tall, thin Cedars, vines, all very dense.

Even came upon some alligator along the bike trail! Gregg has no fear. I was WAY back using my telephoto.

Remarkable sunset over the river separating us from mainland Georgia...

But it was the sunrises over Driftwood Beach that were really breathtaking.