Bear and the crew of Keeln Time (that's right I misspelled it for a long time) and I took a tour of this place. It has a great history and it was a place that the club members owned one sixth of the world's wealth during the time. The Jekyll Club was most exclusive and it included Goodyear's, Cranes, Rockefeller's, Morgans, and Vanderbilt's. It was developed to allow the super rich to go fishing and clubbing out of the sight of the common man. The cottages were intentionally built to downplay the opulence of their lifestyles and served as a three month escape from the city life.
A typical cottage on the island
It is a grand place which tells of the time when there was a true aristocrat class in this country. The place had only a few members and it was patrolled by armed horsemen with orders to shoot to kill. Only accessible by boat, it was easy to control. If one landed in a location other than the formal dock, one was shot. Simple huh?
We had a chance to eat soul food for Texans today. We had, for the first time in five months, chicken fried steak. It was done perfectly. Now we are re-calibrated. Felt good, dang good. We can go on.
Tomorrow, we sail for St. Simons Sound and for we will be out of Georgia the day after. Bear's back is serviceable and we will continue until she hollars "calf rope". The folks in Georgia are more our style than Floridians. There seems to be no pretensions here. What you see is pretty much what you get. We are looking forward to the Carolinas since this boat was a product of Marion SC and once, several years ago, I stood at the swing bridge at Onslo Beach (Camp Lejeune) and said that someday, we would sail through that opening. Soon, very soon, we will do just that.
The Chesapeake is now withing range. If I do not manage to mess up, we will be in that place soon also. We have a goal to sail past two places: Fort Sumter and Fort Mc Henery. Not sure if I got the spelling right. Stay with us as we try not to make artificial reefs.
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