Kings Bay GA

Saturday 11/29

It was a lovely day at Kings Bay Navy Base. The sun was shining, and the temperatures were in the 70s. The lake was covered with coots this morning. I love this black bird with the white beak! They were fishing for breakfast. We had breakfast, and Bill and Mandy went down to the community center in the middle of the campground for coffee. Bill then went to get the Tracker registered on base and to get a sticker. Our current one runs out Sunday. Navy bases are the only place that require the vehicle stickers now.

We headed off for the commissary to pick up a few items. With Bill and Mandy, it is tough to get out of there with only the essentials! We came back to the RV and had lunch. Bill made reservations here for 12 days between our Tampa stay and a RV rally in Georgia in March. There is lots to see around here, the campground is cheap and quite nice, so we decided to park here for a while.

Then we drove in to St Mary’s to show Mandy the lovely little town. Members of the old Presbyterian church were putting up Christmas decorations including a large wreath going up on the bell tower. The Cumberland Island Visitors Center was closed, but we stopped at a lovely park on the waterfront and wandered around.

Back at the RV, Bill and Mandy took naps. I wandered around the lake a bit. At 6pm we left for the tiny Japanese teppanyaki restaurant a couple of miles outside the base. Bill and I had been there last January, it was surprisingly good and very inexpensive. We had soup, a couple of shrimp for appetizers, salad, fried rice, sautéed zucchini, mushrooms, onions. Bill had rib eye and scallops. Mandy had more veggies, and I had the rib eye. It was all very tasty and fun. Our chef was from the Philippines and funny but not obnoxious.

Back at the RV, we had a little campfire. They don’t allow campfires at Ft Wilderness, so this was our only night to do it. Tomorrow is supposed to be rainy on and off, so we have packed up most of our stuff and hooked up the Tracker. It should only be 4 hours tomorrow before we hit Ft Wilderness! We are all excited.