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JAYFLEMING (2); PADDLEBOARDING: CATHYLIBERATORI
LANDOFSALTWATERANDHONEY: (clockwise fromoppositepage)
LazarettoCreek’s fleetofshrimp trawlers;Tybee IslandHives’beekeeper,DavidStrickland;
paddling towardLittleTybee Island; theCockspur IslandLighthouse
STAY:
The DeSotoBeachBed
&Breakfast (www
.desotobeachbandb
.com) is likeaguest
housewithattentive
hosts; TheLighthouse
InnBed&Breakfast
(www.tybeebb.com)
is in thequieterNorth
Beacharea.
EAT:
Try theLowCountryOm-
eletteat TheBreakfast
Club (www.thebreak
fastclubtybee.com),
blackenedshrimpand
gritsat A-J’sDockside
Restaurant (www
.ajsdocksidetybee.com)
and thecitrusshrimp
saladat NorthBeachBar
andGrill (www.north
beachbarandgrill.net).
EXPERIENCE:
CheckoutPirateFest
(www.tybeepiratefest
.com) inOctoberand
SCAD’sSandArtsFes-
tival (www.scad.edu)in
May. SeaKayakGeorgia
(www.seakayakgeorgia
.com)and EastCoast
Paddleboarding (www
.eastcoastpaddleboard
ing.com)offer rentals
and lessons.
TYBEE ISLAND,
GEORGIA
TybeewasacolonialEllisIsland,witha
quarantinehospital forSavannah-bound
ships’passengers.Centuries later,people
stillcomeheretobehealed, thenstay for
the live-and-let-liveattitudeandstun-
ningenvironment.Witheachpassing
year,old-timersarewillingtocross fewer
bridgesbacktothemainland; theyprefer
a lifeguidedbythetidesratherthanone
enslavedbyclocks.
Visitorscangoondolphin-watching
tours, collectsanddollars,watchmarsh-
crabracesatDoc’sBarorplaybingoatthe
AmericanLegionHall.Thetidalmarshes
areabirder’sparadise—greatblueherons,
curlews,kingfishers, royal ternsandmany
otherspeciescallTybeehome.Thewhole
islandturnsout forMay’sBeachBum
Parade,anepicwaterfightwherefloatsand
trucksarmedwithwaterpistolsbattlethe
masseswho linethestreetwiththeirown
aquaticammunition.
This isan informal“eat,drinkandbe
merry”sortofplace.ToworkoŠtheSouth-
ern indulgences, trypaddleboardingor
taketothepackedsandbeaches forbiking
orrunning.Or justputyour feetup,watch
thesunsetandhaveanothercocktail.
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