Day 10 - Chillaxing on Tybee

 Monday we spent the day mostly on Tybee Island.

After breakfast we walked the beautiful beach for about 2 or 3 miles. It was sunny and warm with a nice breeze. 

We found this guy, he was a slow mover, I expect he is a future seagull meal. 

This guy was giving me a pedicure.

After walking the beach, we toured the old Tybee Light house. It has quite a history going back before the civil war and for $10 you can climb the 178 steps to the top and tour the museum. This picture is my creativity coming out, showing the light house and our tiny scooters. 

The museum is basically a preservation of the homes of the light house keepers, it is a bit like walking into yesteryear. 

After the lighthouse and museum we rode our scooters around the island, it doesn't take long, but I would not want to have to walk it. Ed and Jean finally got to use their new ride, I think they like it. 

After checking out the island we went back to camp for lunch, we knew the weather was turning but were not sure when, the thunderstorm warnings were abundant. We decided to take the chance and jumped on the scooters to go tour Fort Pulaski. Pulaski is on Cockspur Island, between Tybee and Savannah. The short version of history is that during the civil war the Confederates took Pulaski to control the port into Savannah.  They spent 14 months fortifying the fort. The Union snuck their latest technologically advanced rifled cannons onto Tybee Island. The Union blew thru the 7 1/2 inch thick masonry walls in about 30 hours. The fort was surrendered. All masonry forts became undefendable over night, due to the rifled cannon. 

We looked west and said oh s__t, and sprinted for the scooters.  As we left the Ranger was telling everyone to get off the walls due to lightning. We made it to camp with less than 5 mins to spare before the heavy rains hit, we lucked out. 

We planned to go downtown by scooter after the rain passed, but it never completely passed, so we took the Serenity Falcon downtown. Over the winter I put hydraulic levelers on Serenity, it makes it really easy and quick to setup, so it is really no bother to take the RV when we need to. 

We stopped at the only Brewery on Tybee, Back River Brewing, it was nice but the beer needs further development. Downstairs from the Brewery was a Mexican Restaurant, this we highly recommend. It was one of the best Mex places...ever.

After dinner we went to camp and chilled out.  It was my birthday and it was good. 

Today, Tuesday we will start north, our first stop is Charleston, which we skipped on the way south.