Above are two photos of a small Georgian town along the Atlantic coast called St. Marys. On the left you can see many yachts and boats parked along their marina, on the right is a small restaurant near their waterfront.
Above are pictures from Georgia’s Cumberland Island located at the southeastern part of the state. Cumberland Island is an amazing place and definitely was one of my favorite outdoor experiences in America. The island is the size of Manhattan in New York City, but instead of having 1.5 million people no more than 300 are allowed on the island at a time. Above is one of the main roads going through the subtropical forests of Cumberland Island.
Above are trees that are covered in Spanish Moss. These types of trees can be seen all along Georgia’s coastal areas and give forests the swampy jungle look. On the right is a close up photo of some Spanish Moss.
On the left are two wild horses that roam free on Cumberland Island. There are about 250 wild horses on the island and they can be found all over the island. Alligators, turkeys, and other animals also live here. On the right are some of the sand dunes meeting the forest close to the coast. Horses are most easily spotted along the beaches.
Here are two pictures of armadillos that are also in Cumberland Island. Armadillos live only in South America except for the nine banded armadillo seen above. They are the only mammal to have external armor which is where they get their name from. These armadillos above where not shy at all but always running around so i couldn’t get a clear shot.
The beaches of Cumberland Island are actually rated one of the top 10 beaches in America because of their remoteness and natural beauty. Above are two different species of seagulls seen along the beaches.
While walking along the beaches of Cumberland I came across this dead horseshoe crab and a large cannonball jellyfish that had washed up along the shore. It turns out the horseshoe crab is a rare morphological deviant of the normal American horseshoe crab and can only be found in Georgia. As far as the jellyfish goes, I almost always came across these guys in the southeast when going to the beach, probably have even been stung by a few of them!
On the left is another animal that was washed up along the shore. I actually found it inside a horseshoe crab shell. After I took its picture I threw it back into the ocean. On the right is a dolphin that was swimming along are boat on the way to Cumberland Island. In that 45 minute ride I must have seen about half a dozen dolphins.
