What a great place this is. For anyone who's not familiar with Jekyll Island, it is about 30 miles north of the Florida/Georgia state line, right off the coast of Brunswick. The island is about 10 miles long and around 3 miles wide (maybe not even that). In the late 1800's through the early 1940's this was the site of an "enclave" of the very wealthy. The island was owned by The Jekyll Island Club, which include J.P. Morgan, the G
oodyears, the Rockefellers, the Pulitzers, etc. There is a gorgeous old "club house", and a number of "cottages" (if you
can possibly call them that - I've attached some pictures to this and the next posting). There were 53 members, plus of course their families and all of their servants. They came here from December through April and then closed it up for the rest of the year. In the early 1940's it fell into disrepair, primarily due to the advent of World War II, and the state of Georgia bought it for $675,000 and turned it into a state park. There are a large number of smaller residential houses on the island along with a number of motels (but nothing really "fancy" other than the old Clubhouse). There are only two main roads that go around the island with a number of shorter roads that serve the residential area in the middle of the island. At one end there really isn't anything much other than a water park that's open in the summer; at the other end is a great fishing pier and the campground where we are staying. There are beautiful beaches all the way around the island and about 20 miles of terrific bike paths. There are a number of small bars and restaurants, but overall it's pretty low key here on the island. We love it! We will definitely come back here for a longer stay next time. We've only left the island once, and that was for a daytrip to Savannah (...more on
that in a
second). Tomorrow is our last full day here and we've just really enjoyed our time - we've biked a number of times, spent time in the historic district (that's where the beautiful old cottages are), I spent one afternoon out on the beach, we've biked on the beach itself (which is really fun to do) and Dave has done a little fishing. Just very relaxing and nice (plus, of course, since it's a private campground we have cable which has been nice for watching the March Madness basketball games at night). I'm going to throw some pix onto this posting and then do a separate one regarding our trip to Savannah....
oodyears, the Rockefellers, the Pulitzers, etc. There is a gorgeous old "club house", and a number of "cottages" (if you
can possibly call them that - I've attached some pictures to this and the next posting). There were 53 members, plus of course their families and all of their servants. They came here from December through April and then closed it up for the rest of the year. In the early 1940's it fell into disrepair, primarily due to the advent of World War II, and the state of Georgia bought it for $675,000 and turned it into a state park. There are a large number of smaller residential houses on the island along with a number of motels (but nothing really "fancy" other than the old Clubhouse). There are only two main roads that go around the island with a number of shorter roads that serve the residential area in the middle of the island. At one end there really isn't anything much other than a water park that's open in the summer; at the other end is a great fishing pier and the campground where we are staying. There are beautiful beaches all the way around the island and about 20 miles of terrific bike paths. There are a number of small bars and restaurants, but overall it's pretty low key here on the island. We love it! We will definitely come back here for a longer stay next time. We've only left the island once, and that was for a daytrip to Savannah (...more on 
that in a 
second). Tomorrow is our last full day here and we've just really enjoyed our time - we've biked a number of times, spent time in the historic district (that's where the beautiful old cottages are), I spent one afternoon out on the beach, we've biked on the beach itself (which is really fun to do) and Dave has done a little fishing. Just very relaxing and nice (plus, of course, since it's a private campground we have cable which has been nice for watching the March Madness basketball games at night). I'm going to throw some pix onto this posting and then do a separate one regarding our trip to Savannah....
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