Happy anew Year!

Jupiter, Florida….

Softshells

Christmas Eve dinner… tastes of the Chesapeake! Soft shell crabs and crab cakes from our pots!

Christmas Lights

We have three chains of red hot chili pepper lights that we hang whenever we are located at a site for awhile. In the center is the wood grill and a flash light that I use to cook at night! Safe to say we cook outside on average every other night since it keeps smells and sizzles out of the Airstream. Anyway good always tastes better when grilled outside! One thing I will miss is my recent acquisition wood pellet grill at home and the just completed brick grilling pit on our patio. Something to look forward to on our return to Virginia!

Jekyll Island Lights

Many trees in the historic district have been covered or wrapped in white Christmas lights to great effect. I want to go home and do this to our locust tree that overhangs the Drive!

Spanish Moss

A word of caution - don't camp under Spanish Moss in the spring when it pollenates! It's a beautiful and attractive canopy to woodland camping but it can be quite disruptive to your throat and lungs! Also beware of chiggers aka red bugs who live in the moss. Hard to believe that Spanish moss was used to stuff mattresses in the old days! Photo taken on a walk around the clubhouse on Jekyll Island - clubhouse was built in 1888 to accommodate America's wealthiest families including the Rockefellers, Morgans and Vanderbilts as a winter resort club on a private island.

Jekyll Island Driftwood Beach

Driftwood Beach on the north east end of Jekyll Island has an amazing collection of otherworldly dead sun-bleached trees, remains of a forest that was once above sea level… This part of the island has eroded away and redeposited the sand at the south end of the island.

Jekyll Island

Clear northerly air free of humidity makes for great photo opportunities! Catching the last rays of sunset looking across the East River and a local fishing boat….

Oyster time

Barrier Island oysters on the half shell for appetizer two successive evenings… just a beautiful taste of the ocean. Made a finely chopped shallot and white balsamic vinegar mignonette which we alternated with a squeeze of lemon! Degustation assisted by a dry Prosecco!

Charleston SC

Our first stop was visiting newly weds Harrison and Christine along with Aussie Doodle Ophelia and camping our Airstream on their front lawn! Harrison is on varying Navy watches as he trains to be nuclear power engineer on aircraft carriers.

Start a new trip!

Starting our next trek from home in Virginia and planning to be on the road for nearly six months…. our last meal at home is Wagyu beef over mesquite so we are starting the journey with very high culinary expectations!