Fort McAlister SP GA

 First stop was Fort McAlister State Park. Lovely, clean and quiet.  

  We were able to ride our bikes to go and visit the Fort with its museum. As usual very instructive. View some pictures below.

Civil War between North and South. Learned a lot between the capacity of absorbing the incoming canon balls by the earthwork bunkers compare to bricks and mortar Forts.

canon balls were heated in this below underground furnace. (Must have been hot, rolling the fireballs in the back of the furnace to the canon set on the shore)

Bombproof sleeping quarters of these poor devils from the Confederate army who defended with success 7 times against the Union ironclads who were on their way to  Savannah. The Fort did not fall until 1864. 

back at our site. 

Short distance to the marshes, late afternoon crabbing and fishing 

we did have quiet company each afternoon.