Here are some photos from Allison and I's late July trip to southern coastal Georgia. In our three day adventure we encountered a menacing snake at the "world's smalled church", a bloated, antique gun wielding tour guide at a slave plantation, a haunted bathroom, and a lot of humidity. The below photos tell some of these stories...

The above photo was shot through a restaurant window pane in the rain...hence the smear effect. Also, with all the posted photos: click to enlarge.

We stayed in the small port town of Darien. It is the kind of lost American town that allows you to (briefly) go back in time. Notice the "Holy Spirit" fishing boat we spotted.

Inside the proported "smallest church in America". One of the interesting roadside attractions we came across. We were greeted by a large timbersnake / Satan (?) as we left. A large woman outside threw sticks at it until we could open the door again.

The view from Jekyll Island.

Jym at the north end of Jekyll Island. Jekyll was recommended by our Bed and Breakfast hosts who also work as biologist / conservationist for the area. The island is a great mix of isolated beaches and untapped marsh wilderness.

Here we are at the lighthouse on Saint Simon's Island.

Allison stands in front of Hofwyl-Broadfield estate, a rice plantation that had over 200 slaves. We learned that conditions at a rice plantations could be even more brutal for slaves than cotton plantations. The yellow fever plagued, mosquito infested fields the slaves worked in drove the wealthy land owners to retreat inland during the summer.



Touring the plantation you will encounter an "interesting" tour guide named Andrew. The plantation house has all the original antique furniture and paintings and is run as a state park.

Fredericka Fort on Saint Simons Island: British cannons faced upriver at the impending threat of Spanish invaders. At nearby St. Catherine's island a Spanish attack was successfully repelled.

Allison at the Fredericka Fort on Saint Simons Island. I'm shooting through one of the few remaining structures at the British Fort. This is where gun powder was stored.

Again, at the Hofwyl-Broadfield rice plantation.