Jekyll Island...what a great blast from the past! I played in a colligate jazz exhibition there many decades ago…somewhere, I even have an LP of the performance!
Pretty beaches and airport too…least they were back then. On Jun 14, 1:29 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry Gabby. Couldn't do that trip. Along with a major fear of > heights, I can't breathe well at altitudes over 5,000 ft. However, I > have experienced a monkish environment here in the high deserts of > the Southwest. Very healthful, mentally and spiritually. > > Vam, I'm sorry but I think you're seeing conspiracies in the mirror. > Jekyll island is in Glynn County, Georgia and while it is an island in > the Atlantic Ocean it's not as isolated as the piece implies. It's > part of the U.S. and can be reached by rowboat, causeway or plane. It > has a golf club and a few resorts. And yes, Jekyll Island resorts > drew the elite for a number of centuries and it is a great part of our > history. It is also the place where the wealth elite gathered to plan > out a global economy that was not tied to gold but rather based on the > actual value of a nation's production and consumption. It was the > precursor to Bretton Woods. Now if you want to get into conspiracy > theories, Bretton Woods has spawned far more than Jekyll Island. It's > just that Jekyll Island has a much spookier name and thus gets more > press.
