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For a wonderful outing take a ride on a Riverboat steamboat. The boat offers a myriad of cruises, from sightseeing up and down the Savannah River, to gospel dinners, to moonlight cruises, to entertainment dinner cruises, to lunch cruises, to Geeche dinners and “Murder Afloat” cruises.

A specialty cruise is the Cullah Geechee Performance cruise. Get a taste of the lowcountry living as you learn about how the Gullah Geechee people adapted to the sea island areas of Georgia and South Caroline after they journeyed here from West Africa. Enjoy a performance by Patt Gunn, a “daughter of the dust” of the coast of Ga. She is considered one of 14 “Waterway guardians” who are the memory keepers of the Gullah Gerechee folkways and foodways.  These will take plance Thursday nights, May 20-August 12.

Another specialty cruise is the Haunted Harbour Cruise. This is a spooky and fun tour of one of the most haunted rivers in North America. The Ghost Host will introduce you to several of his closest dearly-departed friends. There is no gore and the ghostly characters are friendly and fun. Friday nights: June through August. Boards at 9:00 pm.

For reservations or more information on any of these or other cruises call 912.232.6404 or 1.800.786.6404 or go to www.savannahriverboat.com.

THESE CONCERTS TAKE PLACE EVERY SUMMER. WATCH FOR NEXT YEAR’S EVENTS. The Department of Cultural Affairs will present a series of free live concerts in Johnson Square throughout the summer. Sixteen concerts are planned Wed., June 2nd through July 23rd. Concerts are 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Wed. and Fri. Wed. entertainment will feature Roger Moss & Eric Jones.

The concert lineup also includes Silver Lining (modern jazz); Jan Spillane (fold/blues); vocalist Claire Frazier & Frank Bright (jazz); the Bottles ‘n Cans (blues).

Be part of the first “live” performance in the Tybee Post Theater in 40 years! Renovations have been taking place and while it’s not quite all finished, it’s ready for a performance. On Saturday, June 5th at 7:00 pm Tybee’s theater group will perform “live”. Be part of it. Call 912.323.7724 or visit www.tybeeposttheater.org .

The Crab Shack will offer their annual Children’s Fishing Tournament on Saturday, June 5th. Registration forms are available at the Crab Shack gift shack. Call 912.786.9857.

 The tournament is open to all children ages 0-13. Register today to be sure you have a tournament t-shirt. Registration is easy: visit The Crab Shack’s Gift Shack between the hours of 8am and 9pm, seven days a week, to pick up a registration form or call to have it emailed to you! The registration fee is $3 per child before May 31st and $5 per child after that. Fishing from the dock will be permitted. Prizes will be given for for dock fishing as well as boat fishing in age groups 0-6 and 7-13. Stop by or call today for your registration form!
Schedule:
8:30am:  Captain’s Meeting
9:00am:  Fishing begins
12:30pm:  Fishing ends
1:00pm:  Weigh in ends
2:00pm:  Awards, door prizes, food & fun!
Sincerely,
The Crab Shack Crew
The Crab Shack
912-786-9857

Recently I visited the UGA Marine Science Center on Skidaway Island. It’s a great little gem, worth a visit especially if children are with you. They have a wonderful set of aquariums, featuring over 200 animals that represent 50 species native to Georgia’s coastal waters, where you can see and study marine life up close and personal, and they have a touch tank where guests can pick up and touch marine animals.  Their displays include a nurse shark, a loggerhead sea turtle and seahorses. They are located on the Intercoastal Waterway, and you can bring a picnic lunch and sit at the picnic tables and lull away an afternoon watching the water. Birds land a take off there, so if you are a bird watcher, it’s great, for that as well. I sat under a pear tree, enjoying the breeze and reading a book while I waited for my group. They do special programs for groups using microscopes, marsh walks and films to illustrate marine life and to teach guests about environmental issues; I was the tour leader for one of those groups.

They have a myriad of posters that are FREE, some of which make wonderful works of art, if framed (Georgia’s Salt Marsh Official Habitat). Some are great for kids rooms (Marine Fishes of Georgia), and they have a great map of the Coast of Georgia. We framed the latter and have it hanging in our rental unit—it always gets interesting comments. We also have a framed copy hanging in the Concierge’s office at Tybee Vacation Rentals.

One particular poster caught my eye.  It was titled “Marine Debris from Land and Sea—In the Environment a Long, Long Time.” I was appalled at the information it provided. It featured a beach and shore, and the shore water had items one might commonly find in the ocean—that is, those things that people toss away–and how long it took for those things to break down.

Did you know that those plastic beverage holders take 400 years to “breakdown” to nothing? Four hundred years!!!!! And people toss these out all of the time. Disposable diapers? Continue Reading »