Walkabout With Wheels Blog: Biking Around the Northern Loop of Jekyll Island

We start our ride near Great
Dunes Beach Deck adjacent
to the Jekyll Island
Convention Center.

Dave & Kathy are ready

to roll...

There are stores just off
the northern loop bike
trail.

A couple shops &

bikes.

All the stores are in
trailers that can be
moved inland.

Sitting alone on the beach.

Construction on Jekyll Island

I wonder if it's a hotel.

Some of the houses on
Jekyll Island.

Stone has been brought in to protect the shore from erosion.

The lighthouse on

St. Simons Island.

A forest of driftwood
crowds the beach.

Dave, Kathy, Eric and I left our bikes and took a walk on the beach.

Patterns in the sand from

water receding around

driftwood.

Eric & I stand in front of
double-decker driftwood.

The root system of a tree...

Modern art or a tangle

of snakes?

The whorled tree trunks
look like snakes slithering
along.

Back on the bike trail...

Live Oak Trees give way

to Palm Trees.

A Great Egret stands on the
edge of a stream that meanders
through the salt marsh.

We are biking toward Clam

Creek Fishing Pier for lunch.

The view from our picnic
table as we eat our
bag lunches.

We bike over to the Jekyll Island Campground to check it out.

The Camp Store

All the campers here are parked under trees.

We won't have DirecTV reception here.

Horton House Historic Site
preserves the ruins of the
oldest house on Jekyll Island.

Major William Horton was General James Oglethorpe's second in command. He built this house around 1740 and started clearing land for farming. Unfortunately, the Horton's time in the home would be brief. It was burned by the Spanish in 1742 while they were attempting to reclaim lands held by the British.

Eric stands in the window of

Major Horton's tabby home.

Major Horton's house isn't tabby because it's peach colored. Tabby is the concrete mix made with Oyster Shells, which are plentiful here, lime and sand. Looking closely, visitors can see sizable pieces of Oyster Shells in the ruins' walls.