Jekyll Island Caching on a Rainy Rainy Day 1/26/2008

We waited awhile this morning to see if the rain would let up before we set out for Jekyll Island to do some caching. We got out there about 10:15 and drove out to the south end of the island as it was still raining fairly hard. We found one cache at the Tidelands Nature Center. After leaving there we drove around to see if we could find any caches where you didn't have to walk to far in the rain. Well that was tough so we drove into the historic part of the island and the rain was letting up a little.
We went to a cache located along the marsh that was the site of the Old Boathouse ruins. The boathouse was used by the employees and guests of the Jekyll Island Club Hotel. Back before the bridges to the island were built the boat were the lifeline to the mainland bringing passengers and goods to the island. There isn't much documentation as to what the boathouse looked like. The boats that were used were the 100' steamer The Jekyll Island, The Hattie, The Sybil and the Kitty.
We drove down the road to the Jekyll Island Wharf and walked down to another cache along the water, then seeing as it had stopped raining we went back out to the south end of the island to do the rest of our caches for the day. We found one under a bridge along a nature walk that was supposed to have alligators along it, but alas we didn't see any, Then to St Andrew park for a cache hidden in the woods, then to South Dunes Park where we found another hidden in the woods, then back into the village to another nature trail that we had a heck of a time finding. As we walked back to the cache we saw an American Eagle sitting in a tree watching over his nest, and that was worth the trouble finding the trail.
That was about it for the day and we went back and drove around Historic Brunswick and then had lunch at Whataburger (don't bother trying it) and went back to the RV and had dinner later on. Thats it for the day and we love everybody very much.
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Picture List:1 & 2 on left-2 of the older homes that are now used for shoppes, 3 on right-an old crank telephone, 4-Mom in front of her dream house, 5-7- the Old Jekyll Island Club Boathouse site, 8-the American Eagle sitting in the tree, 9-Mom's dream house The Jekyll Island Club Hotel, 10-Jekyll Island Wharf.