Last week, Jarrod and I traveled South, to the tip of Georgia and, along with 4 friends from Charlottesville, spent 5 days camping at Cumberland Island. On Monday morning, we arrived at St. Marys, GA, where we got on a ferry and took a 45 minute ride to the island. 
We were welcomed by a ranger, who gave us an orientation to the island- and thoroughly caused concern with talk about all the potential bugs, snakes, and wild animals (namely crafty racoons and 150 wild horses that are not afraid of humans) that we needed to watch out for.. we definitely took pearls of wisdom from her talk, while Mika and Sierra (who had been to the island before) reassured us that we did not need to worry so much. So, with that, we loaded all our gear into carts and walked to our campsite to set up camp. 
After getting settled in, we spent the rest of the afternoon at the beach, flying kites and enjoying the beautiful scenery. Since the number of people on Cumberland Island is limited, the beach sometimes felt as if it were our personal playground!
It was an exhausting day - so we headed to bed soon after dark.
We were welcomed by a ranger, who gave us an orientation to the island- and thoroughly caused concern with talk about all the potential bugs, snakes, and wild animals (namely crafty racoons and 150 wild horses that are not afraid of humans) that we needed to watch out for.. we definitely took pearls of wisdom from her talk, while Mika and Sierra (who had been to the island before) reassured us that we did not need to worry so much. So, with that, we loaded all our gear into carts and walked to our campsite to set up camp. 
After getting settled in, we spent the rest of the afternoon at the beach, flying kites and enjoying the beautiful scenery. Since the number of people on Cumberland Island is limited, the beach sometimes felt as if it were our personal playground!
It was an exhausting day - so we headed to bed soon after dark.Tuesday morning, we all got up and walked South along the Island's "road" to explore the Dungeness ruins - remains of the Carnegie plantation.
A lot of the "cement" was made out of sea shells. 
It was a gorgeous place, and we even ran into some wild turkeys and horses during our walk. 
We headed to the beach again in the afternoon and then ended the day as all camping should - with a camp fire and s'mores... praising God for His watch-care thus far and looking forward to what the next few days would hold.
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