From Coast to Coast

We arrived at Tybee Island in the middle of a rain storm. We had planned to jump into the ocean and cool off after a hot sweaty night of being bitten by no-see-ums in our Skidaway Island camp site. But the storm was intense with lightening visible just a few miles out from the shore, so swimming seemed like a bad idea. The kids and I went and hung out on the pier under the pavilion roof and watched the rain.

I made the kids walk down the pier with me to the little shelter at the end so that I could be over the ocean and see the storm and the Atlantic close up.

A month ago we were at the Pacific eating dinner with friends. Today we were dancing on the pier over the Atlantic in an amazing thunderstorm. Coast to Coast in three weeks.

When we finished with the pier, and the kids were starting to notice how wet they were, we stopped into a small marine aquarium run by Georgia University, then we headed for Tybee Island Lighthouse. Ever since we stayed a week in a restored lighthouse in Wicklow County, Ireland, I have been in love with lighthouses. The Tybee Island Lighthouse is very nice.

It's tall and narrow, all of the living space is in the buildings around the bottom of the lighthouse.

The hike up the stairs to the top was not too hard.

The view at the top was lovely. We had been told to climb up quickly before the storm came in. It started to rain again right after we got in our car to drive away.

The spiral of the stairs going down always catches my attention. I have to take a picture at every turn.

Tybee Island lighthouse was rebuilt in 1867. It's a very sweet opportunity to climb up and see the island. Later that day we could see it's light from Fort Pulaski across the waterway.