Days 29 -31 - Jekyll Island Campground

Jekyll Island Campground 2/16/2015 - 2/19/2015

1197 Riverview Drive

Jekyll Island, GA 31527

Monday, 2/16/2015

   

206 Sites on 80 Wooded Acres

Once again my drive on I-95 to the next destination was uneventful with just a stop to refuel. (I'm whispering that) I have been very fortunate in this area.  I guess the time of day that I'm out there on the road is the key.  I miss both morning and afternoon commuter traffic and most campground/trips have been planned to be about two to five driving hours at most in length.  Being an "Elite Member" of Good Sam, it's always nice getting $.03/gal off the price of diesel.  Pilot, Flying J, and Love stations down here in the south are the best both in price and their facilities which cater to the truckers/travelers.  

I arrived on Jekyll Island and found it was another 9 miles before I reached the campsite.  The drive seemed to go on forever.  The island is long and narrow running north and south.  The campground is at northern end.  Again, I see a crowded campground with RVs of all sizes nestled among towering, old pines, draped beautifully with Spanish moss.  With all the RVs surrounding me, it was unusually quiet and very few campers out and about.  Those I did see were dog walkers.  Again, the bigger the person, the smaller the dog.  The grounds are sandy and covered with some fallen leaves and moss.  I met the neighbors behind me, Gary and Kathy, from Canada who come annually for a short period of time and indicated that they've made reservations ahead 3 years.  After April 1st, Gary says, the northerners leave and the campground fills with locals.  I have a lot of photos taken as I approached the island but the Internet is too slow to upload them to the blog.  Someday........

After setting up, I performed my usual routine of announcing my safe arrival to those who requested texts or phone calls.  Next up was the cynical, "yeah, sure" anticipation of a working, strong Internet.  The brochure reads, "Complimentary Wireless & Wire High Speed Internet Access." The gal in the office where I registered says, "We have nodes setup all over."  Gary, next store, seems pleased with it.  And Charlie Oogotz?  Problems.  iPhone? Okay.  iPad? Okay.  Laptop?  My main means of communication? Not so good.  So, you ask, "what's up with the laptop?"  I shall work on that today.  Another thing I'm going to work on materialized from my learning that Virginia will be receiving 1-3" of snow today.  Nice.  Right where I'm going in 8 days.  Do I want to?  No.  So I'm going to see about extending my stay at the remaining 3 campsites for a total of another week or more.  Interesting how, as my sister points out, I had to watch when to leave in January and now have to watch when I return in March.  My blog on Wednesday will have the new, updated itinerary.

Tuesday, 2/17/2015.

Woke up at 5 am today for whatever reason and checked the weather up north.  Sure enough, a big white splotch of weather sits on Virginia.  This will move up the east coast and visit Boston again.  (Maybe they should start rooting for the NY Yankees).  Rain was due by 7 am here in GA and, sure enough, it arrived.  I should have retracted my awning but neglected to do so and now I'll have to wait until the sun shines once again to dry it off before bringing it in.  At 59° I find it very mild.  The heat seldom kicked in during the night.  It's forecast to last the entire day and after midnight so my photo-walk will have to wait.  Instead, I'll work on re-arranging my "Winter Adventure."