Jekyll Island

We arrived at Jekyll Island Saturday and toured a bit on Sunday. Sunday did not turn out as well as we hoped because we were b-slapped with culture shock. We are used to walking to places in a totally different environment. In the Bahamas for the most part one can walk along the beach in a great setting without concern for being run over. But now we are back in the U.S. and things are different. Walking along a two lane black top road is not all that pleasant. Fill in your favorite negative description.

Blowing off the walk to the historic district yesterday today we rented an electric GEM car and toured Jekyll Island. It's a really quaint place to visit but leaves a bit to be desired from an infrastructure point of view. In spite of that the guided tour through the historical district was worth the time and we enjoyed it. The setting is visually appealing with all of the Spanish Moss hanging around and the old houses they have managed to salvage are fun to walk around in.

Tomorrow we move further north in Georgia leaving with high tide to avoid all of the shoaling and shallow water in the next two passages. They get quite a bit of tide along the ICW down here, almost seven feet.

As far as the ride goes, the GEM was pretty good but only had a range of about 30-35 miles and would do the break neck speed of 26 mph with the wind at its back. Maybe in a few more years the tech will evolve and we'll finally get a decent electric vehicle. But it's definitely quiet, rides ok, and does the job on a small island. We chose the "bed" version since I had to ride a bicycle to the airport where we rented it and then bring the bicycle back to the marina.

It reminds me of "Scotto's Ride" in Poughkeepsie.