Cumberland Island National Seashore is described in the brochure as published by the National Park Service as "Forrests so quite that you can hear yourself breathe, sunlight filtered and diffused through over-arching trees and vines, sounds of small animals scurrying in the underbrush (etc.)...Georgia's largest and southernmost barrier island..." We enjoyed all this and much more.
This description and the photos that you'll find by going to the link below do much more than we could possibly put in to words to describe the beauty of this place. We traveled to the island via a 45 minute ferry ride and proceed to take about a 5 mile hike (exhausting, in points) around just one small portion of the island - seeing wild horses, wild turkeys, ruins of a bygone era (when the Carnegie family owned 90% of the island), stoping for lunch on a huge and uncluttered beach and generally just enjoying a perfect day in a perfect setting.
Oh, BTW, I guess I (not Deb) am now officially a Senior Citizen since our entry to Cumberland Island was via a pass we purchased for $10 that allows me unlimited lifetime access (including up to 3 guests) to all areas that are run by the National Park Service and also provides huge discounts for such things as camp sites.
Oh, for today's mystery - can you identify the bird with the orange bill?
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