Jekyll Island

On April 28, we went by dinghy to Jekyll Island, SC, from our anchorage just south of the dock of the settlement where this sign is located. It is no wonder that the wealthy of the time found this so attractive a place to get away from it all. It is a splendid place. They wanted to rough it while hunting on the island. Of course their idea of roughing it may differ from the usual interpretation of that term. The clubhouse they built here is now a resort hotel. One no longer has to dress for and take each meal at the clubhouse as they did then. They used the place for a three month season only and many built houses here. The first transcontinental telephone call was made here with a telephone that had been installed specifically to do that. We enjoyed a guided tour of the place complete with visits to two homes. An army of servants and skilled artisans kept the place going and their needs attended to in season and out.

Annette and I walked to the other side of the island past all the golf courses and to the Atlantic side beach. We had a meal in a restaurant there and picked up some groceries before starting back. The trip back was through an area of tall pines and lush undergrowth in the middle of which we found a pond inhabited by at least two of these guys.