Drove out to St. Simons Island. We took a 90 minute tour on the St. Simons Trolley. Our tour guide, Bunny, is a direct descendent of Pocahontas. She was terrific and very informative. We got to see the 200 year old working lighthouse (1872), the Bloody Marsh (site of the famous 1742 battle), Fort Frederica and Christ Church. Christ Church was built by a priest as a memorial to his wife in 1885.
When she was dying, he made a promise to her that he would keep her by his side forever. He buried her right next to the alter. He later remarried. When he passed away, he had left instructions to have his wife‘s casket removed from the alter and buried beside him behind the church. When the tour was over we walked through the small village area of shops and restaurants. We had lunch at Barbara Jeans their crab cakes were the best.
In the afternoon we took a drive to Fort King George. The fort was built in1721 and abandoned in 1732. Named for King George I of Britain, the fort was a small triangular-shaped fort and was the first English settlement in what is now known as Georgia. Surrounded by a moat on two sides and the north branch of the Altamaha River on the third. The fort we toured is an exact replication of the original fort. We toured the barracks, officers’ quarters, the guardhouse and the various other buildings.
Drove out to St. Simons Island. We took a 90 minute tour on the St. Simons Trolley. Our tour guide, Bunny, is a direct descendent of Pocahontas. She was terrific and very informative. We got to see the 200 year old working lighthouse (1872), the Bloody Marsh (site of the famous 1742 battle), Fort Frederica and Christ Church. Christ Church was built by a priest as a memorial to his wife in 1885.
When she was dying, he made a promise to her that he would keep her by his side forever. He buried her right next to the alter. He later remarried. When he passed away, he had left instructions to have his wife‘s casket removed from the alter and buried beside him behind the church. When the tour was over we walked through the small village area of shops and restaurants. We had lunch at Barbara Jeans their crab cakes were the best.
In the afternoon we took a drive to Fort King George. The fort was built in1721 and abandoned in 1732. Named for King George I of Britain, the fort was a small triangular-shaped fort and was the first English settlement in what is now known as Georgia. Surrounded by a moat on two sides and the north branch of the Altamaha River on the third. The fort we toured is an exact replication of the original fort. We toured the barracks, officers’ quarters, the guardhouse and the various other buildings. 
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