The REST of the Sapelo story

R.J. Reynolds was the last owner of the Island.  He sold it to the state of Georgia.  We met the kids and lunched at the "Mansion", now an 18 room hotel that will only be open if there are 12 guests for a two night stay.  Victoria was all over this thinking it would be a great place for the "next family reunion!"  This was her second declaration for a reunion site as we saw new places on the drive...she really enjoyed our Larkin/McCabe reunion a while back! However, I am not taking THAT bait.

Many hungry people here!

Sidenote: Milk was only offered at breakfast




The Mansion is a remarkable house with indulgences that were a sign of the times:  indoor swimming pool with 18 k gold in the design of the floor.  Don't know just Who gets to see it these days as it was boarded up and covered with carpet.  The ballroom of the second floor was completely designed in a Circus motif...striped Big Top, trapeze chandeliers, frescos of lions and strong men on the walls.  The grown-ups war not quite sure who this was designed for---ballroom or playroom--It easily could have been where you sent your kids with the nanny  OR a major event for mom and dad.  We'll never know.  The basement was THE absolute hit with it's bowling ally where the kids had/got to re-set the pins.  The difficult part was getting the extraordinarily heavy (and perhaps not quite round) ball from kid hands TO the pins

Don't YOU have a Civil War canon in Your Study?



So now the party's over.  We close the Road Scholar segment of our adventure this evening with an ice cream social at the pool and then a final  morning session with reptiles.