If you are traveling along I-95 through Georgia and want to take a break The Smallest Church in America is worth the short drive off the interstate. The church is located on the side of the road on US Highway 17 in Townsend, Georgia. There are two picnic tables under the oaks if you want to eat lunch or just relax for a few minutes.
An arsonist burned this church in November, 2015. Volunteers rebuilt the church in 2016.
Directions: Take I-95 exit 67, about one mile south on US Hwy 17. Look for a white sign on the left (east) side, “Smallest Church in America”. You can also search Google Maps for “Smallest Church in America”.
Anne’s challenge is Time to Relax. For this challenge she is looking back to the challenge from July of 2018. She asks us “But what relaxes you? What gets you away from the stresses of daily life. What’s your passion?”
This challenge couldn’t come at a better time. I haven’t been able to travel or go on photo excursions for several months due to health issues. My husband and I were badly in need of a break. We finally were able to go for a short two day getaway this week The beach is my happy place and being by the ocean is my favorite place to relax so we chose Jekyll Island for our destination.
Jekyll Island became a Georgia State Park in 1947. The island is managed by the Jekyll Island Authority. Most of the island is undeveloped to preserve the natural beauty of the maritime forests. There are 24 miles of bike trails, miles of beach with several parking lots and picnic areas, a beautiful National Historic Landmark District, wildlife, hotels and restaurants, and a golf course.
We like to stay off interstates so we took a leisurely drive south to Jekyll Island on the Coastal Highway, also known as US Highway 17. Our goal for the trip was to kick back, relax and not have an agenda. We succeeded!
We stopped for a lunch of wild caught Georgia Shrimp at Skippers in Darien. I had to take some photos of diamond back terrapins in a pond just outside the restaurant.
Diamond Back Terrapins in Darien, Georgia
Our room had a balcony overlooking the pool and maritime forest. Beyond the trees is the Atlantic Ocean, Other guests were relaxing by the pool while we were relaxing on our balcony.
The hotel pool was a great place for guests to relax
I enjoyed seeing the ocean and hearing the waves when we walked out on a walkway too the beach. There were only a few others relaxing on the beach on this warm, sunny March day.
I couldn’t resist capturing this guy chill-axing at the beach.This cardinal was easy to spot in the tree.
The next day we visited the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, the only turtle education and rehabilitation facility in Georgia.
Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll IslandThe beaches on Jekyll Island are a great place for a relaxing family vacation.
Thank you to everyone who shared you memorable journeys for Ann-Christine’s challenge Journey in 5 to 10 images.
Many thanks to Anne for this week’s challenge. If you would like to join the challenge please be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to Anne’s post Lens-Artists #389: Time to Relax.
Be sure to check back on Saturday, March 21 at noon eastern time when Egidio will be hosting the challenge
I decided to have a little fun with John’s Cellpic Sunday challenge this week. In his post he featured a terrific photo from the Prohibition Museum in Savannah, Georgia.
I have visited this museum twice and have a photo that is similar to John’s photo. I think that John’s is by far superior to mine but I thought it would be interesting to show the way I captured the same subject in 2019 with my IPhone. The only editing I did was a little cropping and converting the photo to black and white for a more vintage look. If you compare my photo to John’s the paper boy looks different.
A marker buoy weighing around 13,900 pounds from Port Royal, South Carolina washed up on the beach at Tybee Island, Georgia this week. Thursday afternoon a Chinook helicopter lifted the buoy and carried it off.
Wandering Dawgs 