Georgia Photos

We got to spend a little time at Tybee yesterday. It’s grown up a lot since I moved from that area.

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I got lucky with the lighting here.

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I got to take a few shots around Monterey Square.

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I’m in Savannah for a few days, and I managed to get out to the entrance of Wormsloe Plantation. It was closed, but I still got a couple of decent shots through the gate.

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We had a great time at church not too long a go. We hauled in a great huge pile of dirt and invited the fire department. We let the kids just play! It was so much fun!

This is is what is so amazing about small towns, we do these nutty, fun things and we all have a bit of kid in us!

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Not many houses have these brick chimneys these days. This is the house my dad was born in.

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These black water creeks are found all over south Georgia. Ebeneezer Creek snakes through Effingham County and empties into the Savannah River at Ebeneezer Landing.

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In 1734 a group of Austrian immigrants from Salzburg were granted land on the Savannah River by General James Oglethorpe. Many of the current residents of Effingham County are Salzburgers. I am a Salzburger myself, and there is a nice historical site located at Ebeneezer landing.

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This is one of the public tennis courts in Springfield, about 25 miles north of Savannah. Growing up, I used to play on this court several times a week. It looks pretty much the same as it did then with its chain-link net and faded lines.

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Coastal Georgia is known for Spanish moss, which oddly enough is not really moss. It is a flowering plant, and it is related to the pineapple. (But don’t try eating it!)

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A great Georgia tradition is grilling out. My cousin is a volunteer fireman in Effingham County, and his crew converted an old propane tank into a grill.

Yes, we Georgians take our grilling VERY seriously.

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