A bit of a departure, I know, but instead of heading south from St. Mary’s we actually headed north a few miles to Cumberland Island, Georgia home to the Cumberland Island National Park.
The island is home to Dungeness – one of the former Carnegie mansions. The mansion was destroyed by fire many years ago but much of the concrete walls remain. Also on the island are “wild” horses. For those of you (Amy) immediately thinking of mustangs running free along the beach allow me to put this in perspective. The horses we saw looked tired, some fat, some thin and none of them running but merely walking along the trails.
The beach, however, was great fun. Weather cooperated for the day and we were able to shed our coats in the warmer weather. We walked with friends John and Mary – who we will be traveling with for a while- along the beach. John is a shell aficionado and was able to explain the different shells we found. We also found the remains of lots of horseshoe crabs which as you can tell by the attached photo get pretty big.
We will be here a few days waiting for the next line of storms to pass. Then it is on to Florida!
The Admiral
11/29/08 – 11/30/08
The island is home to Dungeness – one of the former Carnegie mansions. The mansion was destroyed by fire many years ago but much of the concrete walls remain. Also on the island are “wild” horses. For those of you (Amy) immediately thinking of mustangs running free along the beach allow me to put this in perspective. The horses we saw looked tired, some fat, some thin and none of them running but merely walking along the trails.
The beach, however, was great fun. Weather cooperated for the day and we were able to shed our coats in the warmer weather. We walked with friends John and Mary – who we will be traveling with for a while- along the beach. John is a shell aficionado and was able to explain the different shells we found. We also found the remains of lots of horseshoe crabs which as you can tell by the attached photo get pretty big.
We will be here a few days waiting for the next line of storms to pass. Then it is on to Florida!
The Admiral
11/29/08 – 11/30/08
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