Hidden Treasure on Jekyll Island

HIDDEN TREASURE

Saturday night we made it to our last stop in Georgia, Jekyll Island.  We specifically stopped here to visit the Georgis Sea Turtle Rescue Center.  Moored out in a beautiful spot within sight of Jekyll Harbor Marina where we pulled into yesterday and we are spending a couple nights here.  Yesterday after we docked up we borrowed the lime green Schwinn bikes provided by the marina and took off down the bike trails towards the turtle hospital.  The bike paths here are awesome nice and wide and made of concrete and seashells.  Everywhere you look there are palm trees old live oaks dripping  with spanish moss.  Nothing is far from the wide expanse of salt marshes here they are always in view.  Sun was shining and we had good 60 degrees temperature.  As we rode along the pristine paths we came to the historic district of Jekyll Island we rode past one of the oldest hotels in Georgia and see beautifully groomed lawns, a group of people playing croquet in back of the hotel and people just laying in the grass soaking up the sunshine.  What a sight that was. We make it to the Turtle sanctuary and go inside pay our fee and proceed to learn all about turtle and how endangered they are and how what we do a a human race that affects their future on this planet.  We peer into a procedure room window and see one of the turtle veterinarians placing a feeding tube down the mouth of one of the turtle patients.  It only take about a minute and the turtle is fed.  Next we step outside and down the walk to the turtle tank area where they keep the sick and injured turtles that are brought into the hospital.  It is small but very impressive (see pictures).  If you ever get this way it is worth a stop.
We left the Turtle center and go back out into the sunshine back to our lime green bikes.  We ride for a little bit find an ice creamshop and we stop and enjoy our ice cream cones under the moss covered oaks.  Back on the bikes again we hit the bike trails winding and twisting through the island.  We are on this dirt path and I spot something on a tree stump.  We stop Joe jumps the ditch and it is a hand blown glass globe from a local artist with a tag attached saying We found a Jekyll Island Treasure and it is yours to keep just call the visitors center and let them know you found it.  So we found real treasure here.  Not buried treasure but it is pretty nice(see picture).  Gotta go Joe needs computer to work.  TTFN