and Breathe...

It's always so hard to come back from a vacation.

This past weekend, my husband and I went away for our 10 year anniversary (which is actually not until the 31st). We went to Jekyll Island, GA and stayed at the historic Jekyll Island Club. We were only gone 2 nights and really only had 1 full day of vacation, but it was a really nice day. Now, we are back home, up at 6 AM and on the go. And, it's a cloudy, grey, gloomy looking day. That's not helping.

While in Jekyll Island we had the -you couldn't ask for better weather- weather. Blue skies, not a cloud to be seen, perfect temperature, not hot, not cold, perfect.

We began each day (all 2 of them) eating our pastries and drinking our coffee sitting out on one of the many large porches, listening to the trickle of the water fountain in the courtyard and watching the birds flutter about.

The island is not really that big so we rented bikes for the day and rode everywhere. There are bike trails all over the island that weave in and out of forests, over old wooden bridges that crossed bubbling creeks, past ponds (and a couple of gators) and down quiet country roads. Since the hotel was on the bay side, we rode our bikes to the beach and spent the afternoon walking and laying on the not crowded beach.

It was just so nice to not have a schedule or anything that needed to be done and nowhere that we had to be. The change of scenery and the fresh air was very welcoming.

I did miss the kiddos a bit. They would have liked this place. But it was nice to have some uninterrupted adult time.

And now off to plan our next vacation....

In the meantime, here are some pictures from our time at Jekyll Island:

One of the about 25 pictures I took just of the hotel. It was very photogenic.

The hotel grounds were beautiful with lush green lawns and massive oak trees with low hanging branches and spanish moss (which having grown up in Florida I used to think was really ugly -the moss- but now find it fascinating and a little soothing).

The island was full of these awesome bike trails and beautiful scenery.

We saw 2 decent sized alligators while on our morning bike ride.


The beach was amazingly uncrowded. It was beautiful and serene.

Paul is better at the self portrait that I am since his arms are quite a bit longer.