I guess I should start these things sooner. Here it is December 2nd and I'm just starting the November blog. Well, we are still roaming around the countryside, enjoying the sites, sounds and taste of Georgia. One of our latest trips took us to Fort Morris. There are so many forts in the area, mainly due to the water approaches to the many towns. Most were to guard against attacks by way of the many rivers in the area. Fort Morris isn't what you would think of as a fort. No high or thick walls made of brick or stones.
As you can see the walls were just earthen mounds surrounding the guns. The walls were only about 6-7 feet high with depressions in them for the guns to be able to fire at the enemy ships. All of the trees inside the walls were not there during the time the fort was in use. The only thing inside the walls were the cannons. The trees have all grown there since the civil war and the fort was deactivated.
It's been quite windy lately so we decided to walk down to the Atlantic Ocean and walk the beach back around to the river mouth and back to the campground. How windy you ask? Well the picture to the left is a whole lot of seagulls that thought it better to hang out on the beach rather than fly.
When a beach walker from the other direction got too close they all took to the air. Made for some interesting pictures. After taking the one below, I got to thinking that looking straight up at a bunch of sea gulls that were just chased off the beach might not have been the best idea. But it is a cool picture.
We also found a nice shell and a horseshoe crab. I think the shell dropped out of someone's gift bag...it was too nice to have washed up on the beach, but you never know. That isn't the whole crab, just the shell. The seagulls got to him first. It was a nice walk. The waves were breaking on the shore and the sand was blowing across the beach, making some very interesting patterns. I tried to get some pictures of the blowing sand but they just didn't do it justice to the handy work of Mother Nature.
We had a Thanksgiving potluck for the campers and volunteers. We had around 75 people come and everyone had a great time. We had a lot of food and desserts. Everyone had their fill and there was very little food that went back to the campers in pans or bowls. Most of it went back to the campers "inside" the campers. We had room for 36 people in the river room where we set up the food tables but we had plenty of room out side in the pavilion where we have patio heaters and a large projection TV that was showing football games. Let me tell you, the people down here love their football. Weekends here have people sitting outside watching tv, with a fire going and a cooler of beer and steaks on the grill...Just doesn't
get any better then that.
At the end of the day the cleanup crew had their work cut out for them. That's Tammy, one of the host and the lovely Holly (pictured below) working at the dessert bar, taking care of the few leftovers. Joe (Tammy's husband ) and I took care of the table and chairs and some of the left over dessert.
Our friends, Jacki and Larry from New Mexico arrived in time for Thanksgiving and are staying for a month. It's nice to have friends stop by and visit. We haven't seen them since they were touring Michigan. We're having a great time showing them the sites of Coastal Georgia. We've enjoyed many meals together eating seafood and Low Country cooking.
Well that's all for now, we're excited to be going home this year to spend Christmas with family. We wish all of you and your families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Peace and love to all. See you all again next month.
