sapelo island, and it's 4,000 years of human history, can be found sixty miles south of savannah.
picked up at the dock and whisked away to our accommodations in hog hammock.
george is driving what residents call the 'autobahn'.
hog hammock's residents are descendants of slaves who lived on sapelo in the early 19th century.
a trailer on george and lula's property is home for the trip.
unfortunately they weren't open while we were there.
our next door neighbors during our stay.
photo ops out the back door.
taking a road south to explore ruins.
we decide to walk the rest of the way.
it was worth it.
remnants of a tabby mansion and mill.
an old greenhouse near r.j. reynold's mansion.
exploring near the mansion.
bamboo covering the way.
the view from the front porch of the mansion.
follow the road to the beach.
inside the mansion, which is as it was nearly 50 years ago.
reynolds owned the island until his death of smoking-caused emphysema in 1964.
the basement was the party room.
the attic was the 'circus room'.
the mansion at night.