Me, dog, car.: Last days of the trip,,,,,,,,,

Day trip to St. Mary's, GA, one of the lingering wishes was to visit Cumberland Island where I had been twenty five years earlier.

We couldn't swing getting on the ferry so just hung out in town. But just as with Amelia Island, the town of St. Mary's has made a lot of improvements, mainly that they got rid of the smelly paper mill. So it's starting to see a lot of people moving in and property values going up. One of the sad things about these places is that the locals can't afford to live there anymore. Which is such a shame. It's really disturbing actually. Cumberland Island is a magical National Park with wild horses on the beach and great big ruins of mansions from the Carnegies.

Seaside park at St Mary's. Very charming. Love the Southern sentiment of "please don't" sign.

Beauties on St. Mary's Main Street.

Back to Fernadina Beach and the Great Chili Cook Off downtown.

Fernadina's own Main Street beauties.

Last walk on the beach, at least for now.

Mike got a new bike........ his maiden voyage around the hood.

The last leg up the coast took about 22 hours in the car. Washington DC was a nightmare to drive through. Never again. This leg was about 7 hours longer than I thought it would be. How can that happen? Did this is two days, with an overnight in a Walmart in Emporia, Virginia. Left at 5:30 am from VA and got home at 5:30 pm in Norwalk. Jeesh!!!