The BEST trip! Outside of our sacred pilgrimages to Jekyll Island, Tybee
is our other favorite place. Beside the fact that it is in such close
proximity to Savannah, Caroline's birthplace (she will always remind of
of this) and my all-time warm fuzzy place to be, it's a funky, somewhat
derelict, but unabashedly real and humble little beach town. This time
was different because we got to take the Miss EmiLee Grace out to sea. During
the days Trav and Granddaddy fished and the girls parked it on the
beach, but in the afternoons we all went out for a little sightseeing.
We took the girls to see Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, and all through
the creeks and sounds. They were born pirates! No fear and eyes alight
at the beauty! There's nothing like the salty air and marshy, muddy
smell of that brackish water :) We were visited by a really curious and
friendly pod of Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins who got very close to the
boat. We almost always see dolphins while out boating, but they are usually very
aloof and act like they don't even see us... and they never get this
close. This cluster was full of characters!
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| Flipper |
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| Fish? Anyone? |
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| We thought this one would have climbed into the boat if he could have. |
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| They were close enough to touch! |
The kids (and the adults!) had a lot of fun watching the dolphins play. It was a highlight! Of course, now, every time we go out on the water, the girls don't understand why this does not happen every single time. It's still fun to look for them, though! Here are a couple of other shots from our boating adventures.
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| Dolphin spotting |
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| Captain and First Mate |
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| Silly Em |
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| Cousins |
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| Cousins |
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| Me and my girls |
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| Silly Em again! |
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| All the girls |
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| All the grandbabies |
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"Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way." ~ Matthew Green
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