May 23, 2018, Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island.

May 23, 2018,  Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island.  I was in the living room tonight after dinner when Annie called me to the walk-in closet in the bedroom.  Domesticated as I am, I responded immediately.  When I entered, she was pointing to the shelf above the hanging clothes.  There, on the shelf, were two biking helmets for use by guests of the condo.  So now, we are two people with two heads, two bikes and eight helmets.  Just thought you'd like to know . . .

Several days ago, we went to Jekyll Island.  Jekyll is 2.2 miles off the south shore of Saint Simons Island (you can see the Saint Simon lighthouse across the water, above), yet it takes about 40 minutes to get there by car.  On the north end of Jekyll, is Driftwood Beach.  The beach has dead trees littered about.  Most are bleached by sun and salt water.  Others are barnacle-covered stumps peeking up through the wet sand.  The beach is different than most we've walked.  Most beaches are loose sand with shells and sea gulls.  Driftwood is one piece of nature's art after another.

We drove through the historic district of Jekyll, but didn't stop.  Jekyll is called the Millionaires' Island because it was once owned by many of the wealthiest men on earth.  In 1910, a handful of bankers and politicians met secretly at the Club on Jekyll and wrote legislation which created the Federal Reserve Bank.  Those men held 25% of the world's wealth at that time.

Owners of the island in the first part of the 20th Century included Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, JP Morgan, Joseph Pulitzer and other barons of industry.  We went back today to learn more of the history of the island.  I will include pictures of the cottages of the rich and the Club in the next blog.

Goodnight.