Skidaway Island State Park (Oct 17-23)

Thursday - We traveled the 185 miles here without incident. We got here about 1:30PM and were set up by about two. This is a nice place, very shady and quite a few people here. Georgia state parks are a little daunting, because you are not allowed to reserve a particular site. You have to come in and find an empty site. This can be tricky when you don't know the park. I think we did quite well, and were able to find a nice site.

Friday – After checking out the interpretive center, which was very nice, we checked out a place to launch the kayaks and place to pier fish. We might use the kayak launch, but probably not the pier. We then went into town to Bass Pro Shop. There were some fly tying materials that John wanted to pick up, and we just want to look around. We then did a Walmart run, took the food back to the motorhome, then went out for pizza at the Village Bar and Grill. The pizza was okay, but nothing to rave about.
Saturday - One of the main activities in this park is biking, so we decided to follow the trend and bike the local trails. We were glad we have mountain bikes with shock absorbers, because of the many roots on the trail. It was a nice 3.25 mile trail, with some interesting stops, including a lookout tower.

Sunday – Early, we went for a guided bird walk with one of the hosts here. It was a nice hike, but we didn't see anything new. We hiked in the salt marsh, and the tide was high, so there was water all around us. Later, we drove towards Tybee Island, and visited Fort Polaski. It was very interesting and quite impressive. The fort is located in the mouth of the Savannah River, so it was quite important during the civil war. When we returned here, we went on another hike because we thought we could get to the Savannah river and fish. However the water was low and we could not get all the way to the river due to the mud. 
Monday - We wanted to check out Fort McAlllister State Historic Park, so we drove over there with hopes of launching the kayaks and doing a little fishing. The campground looks very nice, and is similar to where we are currently. It was high tide when we got there, so we decided to go up the creek and let the outgoing tide push us back when we were done. We saw very little action and had no hits in two hours of fishing. Others that were fishing headed out into bigger water. We saw no one fishing where we were. Probably says something.

Tuesday - Rainy day today. 

Wednesday - Clear, dry, and cool. Wind gusts to 25mph, so no kayaking today. We found a good spot too. Fishing reported to be excellent. Instead, we hiked a very nice trail at Priest Landing that ran alongside the Wilmington River. 

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