Uncle Bubbas and Tybee Lighthouse

Friday, October 12, 2012

Another great job by the weatherman.  Today was nearly perfect and we headed from
Skidaway Island back to Tybee Island about 20 miles north.

After running a couple of errands, it was nearly lunch time by the time we reached Uncle Bubbas.  Uncle Bubbas is owned by the brother of Paula Deen, the famous chef from Savannah.  She has her own cooking show on TV.  As you might expect from such a pedigree in cooking, the food was excellent. We ate way too much, but we couldn't stop ourselves.  I probably could have gotten in the car without moving the seat all the back if I hadn't had the key lime pie.  But, it was SO good and I was SO full, and it was still worth it!

If you are ever near Savannah, be sure to stop at Uncle Bubbas on route 80 just before the last causeway to Tybee Island.

 

After lunch we visited the Tybee Island Lighthouse located on the north side of the Island. This lighthouse was built in 1773 and was the third light house built on the island.  The first two were built too close to the ocean and were destroyed by tidal surges and erosion.  In 1861, the Confederates burned the stairway inside of light tower so the Union couldn't use it to observe troop movements on the island.  But, it didn't take long for the Union to rebuild the stairway to the top.  The light tower was rebuilt in 1867.  the bottom 60 feet are the original 1773 lighthouse, and the top 85 feet were reconstructed.

 

This is the head keepers house built in 1881.

 

 This is the first assistants house built in 1885.

 

 This is the second assistants house built in 1861

 

 This is the summer kitchen where most of the cooking was done in the summer time so the main house would not get hot from cooking.

 

 

 We were each packing an extra 20 pounds from lunch, so we only climbed to the second floor and took this picture out of the lighthouse window glass looking towards Hilton Head Island.

 

This view out of the second story window shows Fort Screvens which served as part of the America's Coastal Defense System until it was decommissioned in 1945.  It's the concrete structure in the center next to the ocean.

 

And so ends another great day on the islands!