The sun was out early and we headed to the beach. It was a little busier than yesterday.

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Not sure who this is getting swamped by a wave.

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The girls with some of their beachcombing finds. Angela with a piece of umbrella and Gillian with a dead jellyfish.

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Some beach art.

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They sure enjoy the surf.

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What happens when you feed the birds.

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Angela flying her seagull kite.

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We had lunch at MacElwees Seafood House and then headed to the Tybee Island Lighthouse and Museum.

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You can climb all 178 steps to the top of the lighthouse.

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There were landings along the way to take a break.

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Susan sticking close to the wall and hanging tight to the railing.

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A magnificent view of the surrounding area.

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Looking way down.

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The north end of the three mile beach.

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We made it!

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The girls looking relaxed, Susan, not so much.

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The historical society has reconstructed the Head Light Keepers residence along with the 1st and 2nd assistants houses.

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Looking up to one of the 1000W bulbs.

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Looking up at the stairs.

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The summer kitchen, it contained artefacts recovered when reconstructing the houses.

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They had the Head Light keepers house restored to the 1940’s era.

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They relied on a lot of old photographs to get the finer details just right.

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The museum is held in an  old Battery.

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Entering the museum from the observation deck.

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They had a World War II submarine periscope in the entrance, what are older sisters for.

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Angela creeping our car.

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These batteries made up Fort Screvin, as we drove around the neighbourhood you could see more of them, some are privately owned.

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The lighthouse displaying its 1916 Day mark. It was converted to electricity in 1933. Before then it required three light keepers.

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Had we known we could rent one, we would have parked the car for the time we were here.

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