Eric and I had the best time playing in the waves. The waves were so strong!!! The wind was crazy. You wouldn't have wanted to stay on the beach itself. The wind pelted us with tiny pieces of sand every time we stepped out of the water. Our items were covered with sand from the wind.
Here is my fella playing in the waves. You can hear how crazy hard the wind was.
Next time we hit the beach, I want to get him a body board to let him ride the waves on. He would love that!
Me and my boy. I am so blessed that God chose me to be his mother. He is my whole heart in one little package.
We stayed out there about 2 1/2 hours. Then we headed to Huca Poos. It is a local pizza place that one of the teachers at the center recommended.
We then headed off Tybee and went to Cockspur Island. This is where we did the Maritime Forest class. It is also where Fort Pulaski is located. I wanted to learn about Fort Pulaski, and they had a Jr Ranger program that Eric could do.
This is one of the coolest places I have ever been to. We learned so much, and it was a neat place to explore. This fort was built after the War of 1812 to help protect the coast. It was amazingly constructed, and still has no cracks from settling after 150 years. The brick walls are 7 and a half feet thick. And there was no way anyone could come through the front due to all the defenses there. At the time it was built, it was impenetrable.
When the South split from the U.S., Georgia claimed the fort for itself. During the war, the North settled on Tybee Island and set up multiple batteries along the island. The fort was not worried, because no weapon known to them could get through. However, the North had a new weapon, the rifled cannon. This weapon made the walls of the fort useless.
This place was beautiful, and so stinkin cool!
During the Civil War, 600 confederate men were kept as prisoners in this tiny section of the fort.
The Army had built the fort. So, the North knew the layout of the interior. They knew if they could penetrate the southeast corner of the fort, they could shoot through it and have direct access to the gunpowder magazine in the opposite corner. 5,275 shots and shells were fired, but they did it. They tore a large hole in the SE corner with their rifles and then shot through it toward this room.
The shot below hit the outer edge of the room. At this point, the South surrendered the fort.
The above picture is of the southeast corner. The newer colored bricks are where the fort was repaired.
After over 150 years, there are still shots left in the wall. This was by far the coolest thing ever!
Eric found this stick/branch shaped like a spear.
Being sworn in as a new Junior Ranger of this national park.
Well, that is the end of our amazing trip to Tybee. We headed home after the fort.
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