Jekyll Island, Georgia

Picture of the Turtle Tides brand stand-up paddle boards.

Turtle Tides Kayak and Paddle Board Rentals on Jekyll Island

April 13, 2016

Jekyll Island is known for attracting bikers, hikers, beachgoers and anglers, but one trending outdoor activity, stand-up paddle boarding (also known as SUP), has been sorely missed on the island – until now. Turtle Tides Jekyll is the island’s latest recreational business specializing in kayak and paddle board rentals on Jekyll Island. Owners Adam and Jamie Sanders decided to take the leap into providing Jekyll’s guests with paddle board and kayak tours while working aboard Captain Phillip’s Charters and Tours. (Adam is also a certified boat captain, with the husband-and-wife team guiding wine cruises and dolphin cruises for Captain Phillip several nights each week.) “It all started out

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Two people riding horses on Jekyll Island.

Spring Break Sale: FREE Jekyll Island Ebook

March 28, 2016

Just in time for Spring Break 2016, our Kindle edition of “Local’s Travel Handbook: Jekyll Island” is going to be available to download FREE beginning Tuesday, March 29th and running through Thursday, March 31st (click here to head straight to the Amazon bookstore). This week’s three-day promotion allows anyone interested in checking out our Jekyll Island ebook covering the coastal Georgia destination to download our travel guide to the device of their choice. The Kindle version is perfect for anyone preferring a smartphone or tablet to a paperback, and comes loaded with features designed specifically for mobile devices. Our Jekyll Island

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FREE TODAY ONLY! Local’s Travel Handbook: Jekyll Island

March 1, 2016

Attention Travelers, Bookworms, History Buffs and Kindle Junkies: my latest travel guide covering Jekyll Island is available for FREE on the Amazon Kindle Store through March 1st! Where is Jekyll Island, exactly? If you’re from the South, then you’ve probably heard of Jekyll Island a time or two, but even if you’re halfway around the world, Local’s Travel Handbook presents a firsthand look at an interesting Atlantic island steeped in history. Heard of the Federal Reserve? You can thank the early 20th century financiers who called Jekyll their wintertime playground for the nation’s central bank. Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Pulitzers and Morgans

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Driftwood Beach: Jekyll Island’s Northern Tree Necropolis

February 9, 2016

On the northern end of Jekyll Island lies a tranquil beach where weathered aesthetics combine with a haunting sense of desolation along the shoreline from the Atlantic Ocean to St. Simons Sound. That long stretch of water’s edge is known locally as Driftwood Beach. Driftwood Beach is a must-see for anyone visiting Jekyll Island. Named for the countless expired trees scattered along the shores, Driftwood Beach presents coastal explorers with a thousand photo opportunities and memorable vistas, all from a single location off North Beachview Drive. The arborous decor protruding from the sand also creates a ligneous labyrinth for beach explorers to navigate their way through, around, under and over. The driftwood environment is the result

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Things to Do on Jekyll Island: Weekend of May 15th – May 17th, 2015

May 12, 2015

If you’re looking for something fun, exciting, and educational to do this weekend on Jekyll Island, then you should have no trouble filling up your itinerary. The Jekyll Island Turtle Crawl and NestFest kicks off this Friday, May 15th, with events that mark the official beginning of this year’s sea turtle season across the Atlantic coast’s Golden Isles. The annual Turtle Crawl Triathlon is just one event being held this weekend, with races designed to accommodate all ages and levels of runners, from triathletes and serious competitors to casual 5K’ers and weekend racers.   Another exciting event taking place on Jekyll

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What Causes Fog at the Beach?

January 7, 2015

Nothing says winter on the Atlantic coast like a dense blanket of fog rolling over the eastern seaboard on milder days, invoking a sense of mystique and despondency to coastal beaches – along with the same feeling one gets when wearing sweaty gym clothes well past their expiration date. I’ve always found foggy days on the beach pretty neat, sans the thick, sticky, humid-air-on-my-face part. The ground-level clouds certainly put the coastal waters in a different perspective, albeit a gloomy one. One thing I’ve always wondered, though, is what causes fog at the beach to begin with? I’ve only lived on the coast for

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