Time to leave Miami for our stay on Tybee Island, Ga (1.18-1.29.22)

I messed up and we ended up with 2 nights between leaving Hollywood and when we were due in Georgia. I found something called HipCamp – an app where people who have land (and usually hookups) rent you an RV spot. Since Jim’s brother would be in Orlando, and there were no Harvest Hosts, we rented a spot on a horse farm for two nights. It was beautiful and peaceful, we got to see Craig and the girls before heading out to Tybee Island. We walked to the beach and then were able to see Wormsloe, the remains of a homestead built in the early 1700, using sand, oyster shells, water, and lyme. In the mid 1800’s a descendent planted 400 Live Oaks on the driveway – it was stunning. We were also able to see Fort Pulaski, a Confederate fort that surrendered to Union forces in April 1862. Fort Pulaski has drawbridges, a 7 foot deep 36-48 foot wide moat around it. Cannonballs were still imbedded in the exterior brick – it was an incredible building that housed thousands of people. Britt did some winter camping in tents ( -5 degrees at night) in Yellowstone and went cross-country skiing.

Opa – trying to get that burp
Stylin in her new glasses
after bath
The walls were 8 feet high surrounding the house
blacksmith shop
The walls were woven stick packed with “daub”
The fort was fired on from Union forces on Tybee Island, over an hour away. Because Fort Pulaski had smoothbored cannons and the Union had the newer rifled technology, the cannons at Fort Pulaski couldn’t reach the Union forces firing on them. They surrendered after 30 hours of continual fire when the walls were breached and the cannonballs were at risk of hitting the powder rooms.
Built in Philadelphia, this shot 100 lb cannonballs for up to 850 yards
At one point there were over 500 Confederate POWs held in the fort.
The removal of the floorboards show the mirrored arches used in the construction of the fort.
One of the bunkers
Drawbridge and interior door to the courtyard
Interior courtyard
Drawbridge mechanism
Sunset over Tybee creek – empties into the Atlantic about 1/2 mile to the left

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