Beaches and Peaches

Early today, we got a call telling us that our morning tour of a plantation had been cancelled due to the weather.  Apparently many trees had come down and they needed to do some clean up.  However, there was space in a different afternoon tour, so we agreed to the new plan.  Having the morning free allowed us time to check out Atlantic Beach.  It was overcast and windy, but there was group of sunbathers near us.  We chose to remain fully clothed, at least from the knees up.  

minnesotan on the beach

my feet are in the Atlantic!

always practicing

The sign says swimming is dangerous

After our beach romp, we drove to Chowder Ted's for lunch.  It's located right on the water and the parking lot was full of big pick up trucks, so we knew it had to be good.  We each got the 1/2 pot & 1/2 hoagie.  The 1/2 hoagie was tasty and the 1/2 pot was actually a half full pot of seafood chowder.  You could hold it by the handle and chug it down if you wanted to, although the chunks of seafood were pretty big, so chewing would be advised.  The only problem was the large number of  McCain stickers on the walls.  There weren't any Romney signs, though.

Next, we drove to Fort George Island for our Segway tour of the island!  We had a training/safety session to begin with and then we headed off on the rugged trail.  We did not see any wild animals except for a 5 hour old hatchling turtle.  Since we did not get to see the plantation, we decided to drive over to check it out, but the area was still closed off because of the storm.  We did get a nice driving tour of the island, though.

baby turtle

taking a break

what pros!

along the plantation road

and Georgia peaches

That was the end of our 20 hour stay in Florida.  On our way to Savannah, we stopped off at a peach stand and got us some pecans, peach cider and fresh Georgia peaches.  When we arrived at our lovely hotel, they had a wine and cheese welcome for us, which was very welcoming indeed.  We walked along the river and checked out some tourist shops and then had dinner at One Eyed Lizzies.  We weren't very hungry, so we just had some crab cakes and calamari (Mara's first).  We are enjoying the food and doing pretty well finding local dining establishments.