Kilted_Yank
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East Beach and The Commission of A Crime!
We rolled out of bed at 7 A.M. today not because of any thing so silly as an alarm clock, but because Olivia was wired to get up and at em.
Olivia rolled out of her bed and made sure that Susan and I left the comfort of our rugby-pitch-sized bed, after 8 hours of perfect sleep.
After getting ourselves together, we went down to breakfast on the hotel's balcony dining area. The weather was absolutely perfect about 80 degrees with a nice on-shore breeze blowing. We ate a leisurely breakfast and then headed off for our day.
First stop was East Beach, near the old Coast Guard Station. We arrived at the beach at about 0845, and very few people were there, mostly dog walkers and joggers. We were only there for about 30 minutes, as our main reason for being there was to establish the right location we were planning to come back there a little later in the day.
Our main objective for the morning was to go to The Fort Frederica National Monument, which is only two or three miles from the beach. We enjoyed the historical film discussing the British colonial fort and town, which were established by General James Oglethorpe, which dates from about 30 years before the American Revolution. We have been there before, but last year, the bugs were REALLY vicious (I swear that some of those bugs last year were as big as helicopter gunships!) and we had to cut short our tour of the place. So this year, we applied copious amounts of insect repellent with DEET, and made sure to wear hats.
We had a nice (and bug-free) time at the Fort, and bought some really great books in the gift shop. Next on the agenda was the graveyard at Christ Church where we saw the graves of many prominent people from the St Simons community over the centuries. One of the graves that we saw was that of C.O. Svenden, who, according to the grave marker, was born on his fathers merchant ship in the harbor of Cardiff, Wales. Mr. Svenden will figure later in our story.
We went over the causeway back to Brunswick and stopped at the local Wal-Mart, where we bought a bottle of Merlot (which, for some reason, is a bit harder to come by here in Virginia). Wine procured, we went across the street and spent some time in the Book-A-Million store, where I got a few great books, the first was: The Gospel According To The Worlds Greatest Superhero (Superman, of course), Coyote Rising (a science fiction novel), and "The Superman Guide To Life". While we were there, we found a few good southern cookbooks that had good recipes for shrimp n grits, which we may try to reproduce one of these days.
After the bookstore, we headed back to our hotel so we could change and go to the beach. When we got back to the hotel, we realized that Susan cant find her purse! Hmm, where could it be? We searched the van in detail with no luck. Susan came to the conclusion that her purse was stolen perhaps I didnt lock the door at the beach this morning. Bummer!
Ok not going to panic yet, for a few reasons: 1) The purse might still be in the van, so I went back and checked. Nope. 2) Perhaps the purse fell out at Fort Frederica, so after we change, I will drop the girls at the beach and make the 5 mile drive to Fort Frederica (while I listen to my headbanger music, really loud), and check with the park rangers. No dice there, either. 3) There werent a lot of really valuable things in the purse other than some keys and a cellular phone (which was new, but insured) and a few odds and ends (and no credit cards or cash!).
Well, as it turns out, I can only conclude that someone must have seen an unlocked door and made a quick grab. It must have been a really stupid thief, though, as he didnt bother to steal any of the electronics in the car not even the iPod or satellite radio tuner, or the video camera.
Well, no worries, and no need to panic especially as Susan had, that very morning, taken our annual passes out of her purse, and put them elsewhere! Our trip would go as planned.
I returned to the beach, to find my girls playing at the waters edge and having a fine time of it! I went a bit deeper into the water with Olivia (and Susan) in tow, and we basked I the warm sunshine, warm (but refreshing) water, and light, cool breeze. We were having a great time and after a while, Susan asked me what the time was, but when I looked at my watch, it read 2100!!!! Apparently the stem-winder of my watch had come out, and my fairly new (but not expensive) watch was full of water! Again, not a trip-trashing event nothing to get upset about, I can get another Timex at the nearest Wal-Mart, eh?
We stayed at the beach as long as we thought prudent before heading back to the hotel for showers etc Dinner was a light affair of roast chicken and mashed spuds. Olivia didnt last very log after dinner, she was all worn out.
Susan and I spent the rest of the evening with some wine, cheese and our vacation books, eventually heading off to bed at about 2300.
What a great day!
Next: The Beach, a Surprising Discovery, and Serendipity
We rolled out of bed at 7 A.M. today not because of any thing so silly as an alarm clock, but because Olivia was wired to get up and at em.
Olivia rolled out of her bed and made sure that Susan and I left the comfort of our rugby-pitch-sized bed, after 8 hours of perfect sleep.
After getting ourselves together, we went down to breakfast on the hotel's balcony dining area. The weather was absolutely perfect about 80 degrees with a nice on-shore breeze blowing. We ate a leisurely breakfast and then headed off for our day.
First stop was East Beach, near the old Coast Guard Station. We arrived at the beach at about 0845, and very few people were there, mostly dog walkers and joggers. We were only there for about 30 minutes, as our main reason for being there was to establish the right location we were planning to come back there a little later in the day.
Our main objective for the morning was to go to The Fort Frederica National Monument, which is only two or three miles from the beach. We enjoyed the historical film discussing the British colonial fort and town, which were established by General James Oglethorpe, which dates from about 30 years before the American Revolution. We have been there before, but last year, the bugs were REALLY vicious (I swear that some of those bugs last year were as big as helicopter gunships!) and we had to cut short our tour of the place. So this year, we applied copious amounts of insect repellent with DEET, and made sure to wear hats.
We had a nice (and bug-free) time at the Fort, and bought some really great books in the gift shop. Next on the agenda was the graveyard at Christ Church where we saw the graves of many prominent people from the St Simons community over the centuries. One of the graves that we saw was that of C.O. Svenden, who, according to the grave marker, was born on his fathers merchant ship in the harbor of Cardiff, Wales. Mr. Svenden will figure later in our story.
We went over the causeway back to Brunswick and stopped at the local Wal-Mart, where we bought a bottle of Merlot (which, for some reason, is a bit harder to come by here in Virginia). Wine procured, we went across the street and spent some time in the Book-A-Million store, where I got a few great books, the first was: The Gospel According To The Worlds Greatest Superhero (Superman, of course), Coyote Rising (a science fiction novel), and "The Superman Guide To Life". While we were there, we found a few good southern cookbooks that had good recipes for shrimp n grits, which we may try to reproduce one of these days.
After the bookstore, we headed back to our hotel so we could change and go to the beach. When we got back to the hotel, we realized that Susan cant find her purse! Hmm, where could it be? We searched the van in detail with no luck. Susan came to the conclusion that her purse was stolen perhaps I didnt lock the door at the beach this morning. Bummer!
Ok not going to panic yet, for a few reasons: 1) The purse might still be in the van, so I went back and checked. Nope. 2) Perhaps the purse fell out at Fort Frederica, so after we change, I will drop the girls at the beach and make the 5 mile drive to Fort Frederica (while I listen to my headbanger music, really loud), and check with the park rangers. No dice there, either. 3) There werent a lot of really valuable things in the purse other than some keys and a cellular phone (which was new, but insured) and a few odds and ends (and no credit cards or cash!).
Well, as it turns out, I can only conclude that someone must have seen an unlocked door and made a quick grab. It must have been a really stupid thief, though, as he didnt bother to steal any of the electronics in the car not even the iPod or satellite radio tuner, or the video camera.
Well, no worries, and no need to panic especially as Susan had, that very morning, taken our annual passes out of her purse, and put them elsewhere! Our trip would go as planned.
I returned to the beach, to find my girls playing at the waters edge and having a fine time of it! I went a bit deeper into the water with Olivia (and Susan) in tow, and we basked I the warm sunshine, warm (but refreshing) water, and light, cool breeze. We were having a great time and after a while, Susan asked me what the time was, but when I looked at my watch, it read 2100!!!! Apparently the stem-winder of my watch had come out, and my fairly new (but not expensive) watch was full of water! Again, not a trip-trashing event nothing to get upset about, I can get another Timex at the nearest Wal-Mart, eh?
We stayed at the beach as long as we thought prudent before heading back to the hotel for showers etc Dinner was a light affair of roast chicken and mashed spuds. Olivia didnt last very log after dinner, she was all worn out.
Susan and I spent the rest of the evening with some wine, cheese and our vacation books, eventually heading off to bed at about 2300.
What a great day!
Next: The Beach, a Surprising Discovery, and Serendipity
