Jr Ranger season at Fort Frederica is in full swing. Spring breaks from school are the prime Jr Ranger season here. We get more Jr Rangers in the week before and after Easter than we get the rest of the year combined. So I recently cleaned out the Jr Ranger letters bin. I wrote last …
From March 2018
St Simons Sweets on Mallery Street
My favorite place to get a sweet treat on the island is St Simons Sweets. Last year, when Tom and I wandered around downtown, we wondered why there wasn’t a fudge shop or ice cream shop close to the pier. Turns out we were just walking past it! It also turns out this is exactly …
Pane in the Glass: A Shop on St. Simons Island
I love finding unique stores with a selection of local and offbeat items. Mom knows this and suggested a little store close to the apartment she and Dad rented when they were here on St. Simons Island. One lovely morning we walked down Ocean Boulevard to “A Pane in the Glass.” I knew I was …
Pier Pressure: Hanging Out at the Pier
One of our favorite island activities is walking around “downtown” with a stroll along the pier at the town center. We try to walk along the pier frequently because you never know what you will find on or around it. The jetty juts out from Neptune Park, a lovely park along the oceanfront on the …
Christ Church Frederica on St. Simons Island
One of the most popular tourist attractions on St. Simons Island is Christ Church Frederica. More people visit Christ Church than visit Fort Frederica National Monument. The tour buses stop at Christ Church and let people disembark. They just drive through the parking lot at Fort Frederica. Tom and I finally visited Christ Church with …
Boulevard Cafe on St. Simons Island
While Mom and Dad were visiting, we tried a bunch of new restaurants. We are always on the lookout for a great new place to eat and St. Simons Island has so many restaurants. Sometimes we would think we were heading for one restaurant and see another to try on the way. We passed Boulevard …
Tree Spirits Treasure Hunt on St. Simons Island
Before my parents headed back to Ohio, we had a few things we still had to do on St. Simons. One of them was going on a Tree Spirits treasure hunt. St. Simons Island has 20 Tree Spirits carved by Keith Jennings. Keith carved intricate faces into live oak trees on public and private land …
Visiting the Classroom with a Ranger
Ranger Ellen, here at Fort Frederica, has a program that she does with Kindergartners in the Glynn County School System. She visits their classrooms and talks to them about the National Park Service. I think it is her favorite part of her job. Ranger Ellen rotates schools and takes one of the volunteers with her …
Forge Back to the 18th Century at Fort Frederica
When Tom was at San Juan Island, English Camp, he learned how to do some blacksmithing. Actually, he already knew about it because his father had a forge, but he learned how to do it with living history. Fort Frederica had a blacksmith and our Integrated Resouce Manager (Ranger Michael, our boss) wanted to have …
Drawn: A Magnetic Attraction to God
Yesterday, while I was at church, I had a hard time following the sermon. You may have found yourself in this situation frequently, but I never had a hard time following a sermon when I was preaching. It always makes perfect sense when you are the one saying it! But the sermon I heard yesterday …