Jekyll Island

Today we decided to take a day off.  Even though there are still projects to do, we decided to take a break from the norm, which would mean staying home and completing the projects, and actually take the day off and go have some fun.  We stayed up late last night playing Phase 10–until our eyes were bleary and everyone had the silly giggles. This morning the weather was crisp, cool, with clear blue skies. So with warm oatmeal in our bellies and trip adviser we took off to Jekyll Island.  We are so glad we did.  It was beautiful.  We went to driftwood beach and remembered how much we love to see the horizon on the ocean.  There were tidal pools amongst the rocks where the kids found jelly fish, hermit crabs, mussels, and all kinds of little fish. 

We stopped by a great bookstore in the old Jekyll Island Infirmary building.  Kim bought me a cookbook titled Sherman Didn’t Burn Our Recipes.  I like to sit  and read cookbooks like novels, and this one is great.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I started having chest pain just reading the ingredients. Most of the recipes in this book can be made with a combination of such staples as canned cream of mushroom soup, cheez whiz,and ritz crackers. When in doubt add cream cheese, sour cream, or a stick of oleo.  I really loved the ones that gave instructions like my grandmother,  “sprinkle with a little garlic powder, a little brown sugar…bake for about 1 hour, remove cover and cook a little longer”.  No wonder I still can’t make biscuits like she did…for some reason the instructions of “mix it together and add milk until it feels right then cook until it looks done” doesn’t seem to work for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we went to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center which is a hospital for sea turtles for rehab and public education. It is well done there, we got to be there for one of the feedings of the turtles currently being treated as well as see turtles get IV fluids and tube feeds.  Worth the trip and nominal admission fee to know we were supporting such a worthy cause.
http://gstc.jekyllisland.com

Afterwards we were starving and headed to find some real Georgia Sweet Shrimp and southern food.  We had an amazing meal at the Driftwood Bistro.

 

Tuckered out from our day off, we went to bed feeling mentally refreshed, spiritually renewed, and ready to start tackling projects again tomorrow.