at St.
Simons Island, Georgia May 21, 2010 |
St. Simmons Lighthouse, Neptune Park, Birds and more |
St. Simons Island is in Glynn County, Georgia,
approximately 12 miles east of Brunswick, Georgia, with a a total area
of 17.9 square miles - 16.6 square miles of which is land and 1.2 square
miles of it (7%) is water. St. Simons Island is locally known as "The
Island".
St. Simons Island is one of Georgia's renowned Golden Isles (along with Sea Island, Jekyll Island, and Little St. Simons Island). It is also the largest of the Golden Isles. Fort Frederica is also located on St. Simons Island. See the link below for photos from Fort Frederica. |
Below: The two RV Gypsies
found a great lunch site with nobody else around, except lots of birds. |
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Below: The two RV Gypsies
relaxed while Watching the waves break over the rocks. |
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Below: After lunch, the
two RV Gypsies took a walk through Neptune Park. |
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Neptune Park is named for Neptune Small, a faithful servant of the Thomas Butler King family of Retreat Plantation, now home of the Sea Island Golf Club. This beautiful live oak tree was dedicated by Sea Island Company in his memory. |
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Below: Walking by the St. Simmons Lighthouse, the two RV Gypsies spotted a set of stairs leading straight into the ocean. As Lee Duquette walked down the staircase, a wave came and almost got him wet. OR, it could have washed him out to sea. | |
Menu for the Sea Islands and surrounding areas (May 2010) You may visit these ten (10) sites in any order you choose. The page you are on is grayed out, and therefore can not be chosen from here. However, there are always additional choices further down the page. |
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St.
Simons Island (this page) |
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Savannah, GA and several pages |
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After you have visited all ten (10) sections above, please continue on to the next adventure of the two RV Gypsies - Okefenokee Swamp and alligators
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