made for one great adventure! Last Wednesday Peter-Leo's gifted class took a field trip to Cumberland Island, Georgia. We took the ferry boat from St. Mary's to the island. We learned alot and had fun.
Here are a few of the many photos I took that day.. just the hightlights of the highlights!
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| Good bye St. Mary's, Georgia. |
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| Boys (Peter-Leo is far R) as they chill on the top deck of the ferry boat. |
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| One of the 200 wild horses on the island. |
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| Class walking the carriage road to the Dungeness Mansion Ruins. |
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| Peter-Leo in front of the ruins. |
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| Searching the marsh. |
Along with the history of the island, it offered different ecosystems for the kids to see marsh, ocean shore, forest and one other that I can't remember.
From the marsh you walk through what I called the desert, which was a bunch of dunes. Along the way these weathered tree trunks were just wonderful to see. After the dunes.. we hit the beach!!
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Two horseshoe crab molt/shells. There were about 15 on the shore.
And yes I took one home! |
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| Maritime Forest, I loved seeing all the trees. It was amazing. |
After the beach we passed along another boardwalk into the Maritime Forest. These trees, Live Oaks, were all bent and twisted. They grow that way due to the ocean winds. The whole forest was warmer and much quieter than any part of the island. The trees offer this magnificant sound and wind barrier. It was just a very calm and peaceful feeling as we sat and eat our snacks.
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| Peter-Leo and Momma in the Maritime Forest. |
After a long day of walking and exploring the history and nature of this beautiful island, we caught the last ferry back to St. Mary's. While I wish I had stronger sea legs... the setting sun was worth the 45 minutes of nausea.
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| Sunset from the ferry ride home. It was another magical moment that day. |
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| Peter-Leo on the starboard side of the boat at sunset. |
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| Momma and Peter-Leo on the stern of the ferry, on our way home! |
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| Is he a happy kid or what? |
If you are ever in our part of the world, a day trip to Cumberland Island is worth the money (and seasickness.) I am blessed to have spent the day with Peter-Leo in such a beautiful place filled with history and adventure.
For a looky at all the photos I took that day, click on the link below that will take you to an online photo album.
http://photobucket.com/cumberlandisland2011
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