The day we left Florida we had rainy windy weather, the first since we left Tucson. I guess Florida didn't want us to go ;-)) Drove to Waycross GA and the Laura S Walker State Park. Found a spot looking right out at the lake. Then headed to the Okefenokee Swamp Park. It is a great setting, lots of gators, turtles, and water birds. Took in the nature show which was a bit cheesy but fun. John took a picture of me with a baby gator on my head. Train ride through the swamp and the old fish camp was fun. 
Near Brunswick GA is the Hofwyl Broadfield Plantation. It was an old rice plantation and the home and grounds were in the family from the mid 1700s to 1973 when the last family member died and willed it to the state. The furnishings were the highlight as they were all family furnishings collected over 250 years. The master bed was a four poster built in 1770. On the grounds were live oak trees that were 500-800 years old. Walked the nature path to the marsh.
The gold coast islands are barrier islands just off the south eastern corner of Georgia near Brunswick. Jekyll Island was the hightlight. This was a private island before WWII. The Rockefellers, Goulds, JP Morgans, Goodrichs and other weathly families in the 30s bought the island as a hunting and beach retreat. They built "cottages" that you can tour today. Huge, beautiful homes that most of us would love to have for our only home. They said that at one time when all the owners were on the island they represented 1/6 of the worlds weath. Now there are miles of beautiful public beaches as the entire island is a state park. The bicycle trails are all paved and criss cross the entire island. Fascinating, fun place.
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