Jekyll Island

Family rented a cabin, fully wheelchair accessible, for a week next month. The week of the 4th of July.
Found a guide that knows of some places where I can fish.
Really excited.
Just got an caudal vs. lumbar epidural, it will just be peaking then, so I should be in pretty good shape, pain wise.
Anyone been?
It will be our 14th anniversary (start of our 18th year) & our son's 4th birthday party.
I am going to LIVE in the hot-tub.

Where is Jekyll Island, rk?

georgea

See, I would have guessed FLA if I had to. Thanks zip!

We go here on the WE and live very close to Jekyll and spend a fair amount of time there. I can tell you what you need to know. Fishing? Best bet would be to get a charter out of Golden Isles Marina. There is only one good public fishing pier on the North end Intercostal side. Drop me a PM or let me know if I can be of assistance.

rkzenrage wrote:

It will be our 14th anniversary (start of our 18th year) & our son's 4th birthday party.

That's a fair number of years, congratulations. Oh, and happy birthday to your son. I hope you have a great trip.

TheMercenary;357669 wrote:

We go here on the WE and live very close to Jekyll and spend a fair amount of time there. I can tell you what you need to know. Fishing? Best bet would be to get a charter out of Golden Isles Marina. There is only one good public fishing pier on the North end Intercostal side. Drop me a PM or let me know if I can be of assistance.

The guide my father found is taking us to some private piers that are accessible. One is supposed to be really good for large reds. But, I appreciate it and may take you up on that. You never know how things are really going to work out.
I would like directions to that public pier.

Have a great time, have fun in the sun, and....

Watch out for the Creature. :blush:

I am here. We have wi-fi.

Cool , then shoot some pics at us Dude !!!

rkzenrage;358712 wrote:

The guide my father found is taking us to some private piers that are accessible. One is supposed to be really good for large reds. But, I appreciate it and may take you up on that. You never know how things are really going to work out.
I would like directions to that public pier.

I am serious, if you live close to here we could work something out. I have a boat and we can go fishing if you care.

I can't handle a boat, but thank you so much for the offer. In fact I'm stuck at the house today, bad pain day (did too much yesterday, missing the beach and fireworks, I'm pissed).
But, I'll ask if there will be another free day. I'm not making plans. We went to the pier and I was amazed that it was accessible, even after reading it was (you would be surprised what some call accessible). I did not catch anything but had the best time I've had in YEARS.
I'll upload some pics when I can wrestle the camera from my wife. I have not really taken any. I'm not doing very well this trip and have been in the chair the whole time. The weather has been bad, it messes with me. It is a lovely island. I love the wetlands.

rk, I'm so glad to read that you're having a good time. I know (from family telling me of their experiences) how easy it is to overdo it and then be knackered for the next day. I'm not going to say "pace yourself", I'm saying emphatically "don't beat yourself up over stuff" - if you had a great day but "overdid" it leading to pain or tiredness, just chill, don't waste your energy kicking yourself. Chill, save the energy for another good day on the island before your holiday is up.

Thank you.

I did not take many pics, most were taken by others.
I loaned my lenses out.

Some gallery quality pictures there.

i love all of those trees on the beach - those are awesome pictures - cute kid too;)

Yeah, I was pretty bent about not being able to take pics.

rk, it's a shame you couldn't take pictures yourself, but you still have some great shots here.

I have no children, never wanted to. When I see something like that picture of your son, though, I wonder if I've made a mistake. I'm really happy for you to have him in your life.

Thank you.

Killer pics !!!

The trees are WAY cool !!!
Your kiddo is quite !!
And you fishing , well , hell :) :) :)

rkzenrage;363783 wrote:

Yeah, I was pretty bent about not being able to take pics.

We've seen your pictures and these are not at all dissimilar to your style.

That looks like it was an awesome time rk. I love the first fisheye photo too, you should loan the camera out to the kid sometime. I did that before I got my dSLR with my younger cousin and some of his photos were way cool.

He has his own camera.

Looks like a great place to spend some time rk, hope you get back there again soon.

We never really go to the same place twice... well, except my wife and I with Death Valley, but those days are over.

Kan made these, II did not upload, she is redoing it and I will add it when she is done. YT is screwy, per usual.

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