ST. SIMON'S ISLAND
I’m not sure who St. Simon is but he’s got a great island name after him that’s a good stopping point between Savannah and points farther south. It was difficult to tell whether the island has a beach and a place to get in the water but the waterfront park where we walked around was enough to convince this was a nice spot catering to a higher end clientele.
I’m not sure who St. Simon is but he’s got a great island name after him that’s a good stopping point between Savannah and points farther south. It was difficult to tell whether the island has a beach and a place to get in the water but the waterfront park where we walked around was enough to convince this was a nice spot catering to a higher end clientele.
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BRUNSWICK
There’s several places claiming to be the origin of Brunswick Stew but this traveler is going with Brunswick, Georgia a small town an hour south of Savannah. The Marshside Grill is a waterfront restaurant and as good a place as any to order a bowl of Brunswick Stew. I can officially say that you haven’t lived until you’ve had Brunswick Stew in Brunswick. The finely shredded ingredients (vs. dropping in chunks of meat and potatoes) is definitely the way to go. Brunswick is a cool little town worthy of a stop in its own right but the humidity limited our visit to a few cell phone photos. Silver Bluff brewing was also closed but I drank a few of their beers on Jekyll Island.
There’s several places claiming to be the origin of Brunswick Stew but this traveler is going with Brunswick, Georgia a small town an hour south of Savannah. The Marshside Grill is a waterfront restaurant and as good a place as any to order a bowl of Brunswick Stew. I can officially say that you haven’t lived until you’ve had Brunswick Stew in Brunswick. The finely shredded ingredients (vs. dropping in chunks of meat and potatoes) is definitely the way to go. Brunswick is a cool little town worthy of a stop in its own right but the humidity limited our visit to a few cell phone photos. Silver Bluff brewing was also closed but I drank a few of their beers on Jekyll Island.
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JEKYLL ISLAND
We fell immediately in love with Jekyll Island. It helped that we were staying at a recently constructed Westin resort-style hotel but the palm trees didn’t hurt either. The vibe and scenery felt like we had been transported to a Caribbean Island even though we were less than two hours south of Savannah. Everything felt new…because it was new. I was wondering why we hadn’t stopped here on previous family vacations and it’s because Jekyll Island didn’t really exist as a full scale tourist destination until major development began around ten years ago. Now there’s a convention center, several hotels, and a commercial village on the ocean side of the island.
The Jekyll Island Resort is the historical resort on the island. I thought we were staying at the best resort on the island until we entered this resort in search of dinner one night. And wow what a place. I kicked the tires on staying here but they didn’t allow dogs in the main hotel area and I don’t know for sure but I think I’d leave Annie behind if we ever made a return trip to Jekyll Island. The restaurant building hasn’t quite kept up with the hotel building and thus we had to pivot where we ate that night to Zachary’s Riverhouse which turned out to be a great move as this place had a wonderful local vibe.
We had planned to wake up early the next morning and drive to St. Augustine then back up to Jacksonville but we enjoyed Jekyll Island so much that we decided to sleep in and have a lazy Saturday morning. When we left the island, there was a 2-3 mile backup at the Jekyll Island toll station of cars waiting to pay the toll to enter the island – that would not be fun.
We fell immediately in love with Jekyll Island. It helped that we were staying at a recently constructed Westin resort-style hotel but the palm trees didn’t hurt either. The vibe and scenery felt like we had been transported to a Caribbean Island even though we were less than two hours south of Savannah. Everything felt new…because it was new. I was wondering why we hadn’t stopped here on previous family vacations and it’s because Jekyll Island didn’t really exist as a full scale tourist destination until major development began around ten years ago. Now there’s a convention center, several hotels, and a commercial village on the ocean side of the island.
The Jekyll Island Resort is the historical resort on the island. I thought we were staying at the best resort on the island until we entered this resort in search of dinner one night. And wow what a place. I kicked the tires on staying here but they didn’t allow dogs in the main hotel area and I don’t know for sure but I think I’d leave Annie behind if we ever made a return trip to Jekyll Island. The restaurant building hasn’t quite kept up with the hotel building and thus we had to pivot where we ate that night to Zachary’s Riverhouse which turned out to be a great move as this place had a wonderful local vibe.
We had planned to wake up early the next morning and drive to St. Augustine then back up to Jacksonville but we enjoyed Jekyll Island so much that we decided to sleep in and have a lazy Saturday morning. When we left the island, there was a 2-3 mile backup at the Jekyll Island toll station of cars waiting to pay the toll to enter the island – that would not be fun.
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