Easter Vacation to GA.

This past weekend, Leah and I took a short week of work and headed down to St. Mary's, GA on Thursday night. The drive was supposed to take us 3.75 hours and we were supposed to get there before the campground closed at 10pm. We left camp with a spare 15 minutes and prayed that we would get there on time. We were within 15 min. of the camp when we ran into construction. We were completely stopped and started getting anxious about our arrival time. We called the campground and a nice woman named Kat had grace on us and gave us directions and the code to get in the gate after it had closed. We were so thankful! We were amazed at how much grace and kindness the woman had shown us. In the morning, we participated in a Bird walk and saw some cool southern birds, including an endagered species called a Wood Stork.

We then headed up to Jekyll Island where we rested on the beach for the afternoon. It was a fun little island. We went on a bike ride before dinner where we found an abandoned ampitheater that looked like Sea World without the pool. It looked like no one had been there in over 10 years, we felt like we were on a old movie. Leah has those pics and I will put them up later if I remember.

On Saturday, we headed to the Hostel in the Forest. The facility had 9 treehouses and about 5 lodges. There was a green, spring-fed pool, pond, lake, and a glass house. It was a bit of a shocker for me when I quickly realized the facility was run by a group of hippies. I had never met hippies in real-life before. I will admit, I was quick to judge and kinda freaked out when we first got there. I realized I was anxious because these people were so different than I was. After Leah calmed me down and spoke some truth into my life, I was able to relax a little and enjoy our stay. It was fun waking up in the middle of trees. In the morning, Leah and I paddled out on the lake with a canoe to have our own sunrise Easter service. It was a service that I will not soon forget.

After our adventure at the Hostel, we headed back to the Jekyll Island Beach, as if we hadn't gotten enough beach time already :) We headed back to Charleston and celebrated Easter with Aunt Tammy, Aunt Diane and Bethany who were in town for the week.

Overall, we had a great time enjoying each other, the sun and getting some much-needed R&R.