We started the day with a hike along a boardwalk through the floodplains of the Ogeechee River. Then had lunch, packed up and headed to Jekyll Island State Park on Jekyll Island which will be our home until Friday morning. Once we set up we explored the island and walked along the beach at Driftwood Beach. Many of the trees adjacent to the beach had been killed years ago by salt water intrusion and all that remains were their skeletons frozen in time. As we continued down the beach we saw an overturned cargo ship, The Golden Ray, upside down in the middle of St. Simons Sound near the Port of Brunswick. Evidently, after leaving the port September 9, 2019, the ship loaded with 4200 Hyundai cars over turned trapping 9 crewmen, until the coast guard came to the rescue. The ship still remains overturned in the Sound resembling a huge beached whale. Tomorrow we’ll explore more of the island.
Greg and Tina’s Travels Across America 