After our full day of experiencing the beauty and history of Savannah, we returned to our hotel. That night, the weather forecast for the following day called for rain in the area so we told ourselves that we’d play it by ear about our plans for one more vacation adventure. Fortunately, my prayers were answered and the sun was shining that Sunday morning. So off we headed to Tybee Island, not far from Savannah, to finish our wonderful family summer vacation before finally heading home.

Tybee Island is such an easy and short drive from Savannah. It took us about 30 minutes to get there. It actually felt like we were there in a heart beat. We didn’t plan on sampling the food since we wanted to be on the road around noon, heading home. But I did want to see the lighthouse. That was the only thing that I wanted to see, but I was surprised to see more which was definitely a delight.

Tybee Island Visitor Center

We decided to go to the Visitor Center first and we’re so glad we did. The nice lady there told us a lot including tips and tricks, and even gave us directions towards the lighthouse. She was very interesting for she shared with us her early life which included living here in our area of North Carolina. And don’t you just love the color of the Visitor Center? It’s like cotton candy!

Tybee Island Light Station and Museum

After that wonderful talk with the lady at the Visitor Center, off we headed to the lighthouse.

You can tour the lighthouse and see the island from up top. But we decided to just continue exploring what’s around it, after we were done gazing at its magnificence.

Tybee Island Museum Battery Garland

We had to pay for parking close to the lighthouse which was $2.00 before exploring and came across this. It was such a nice surprise to see this museum. More so, for my history-buff hubby. You can have a tour of the Battery Garland too.

North Beach

On the right of the Battery Garland is the entrance to North Beach. What an exciting moment it was for me to finally see the Atlantic Ocean. Like my husband said previously on my Savannah post, I am a Pacific girl and had only saw the Pacific Ocean until that day.

The beach was packed on that hot and gorgeous summer day.

Can you spy the Hubs? There he is busy taking photos…like me.

And you can see the lighthouse from the beach.

Enjoying a little shade while breathing the fresh breeze coming from the Atlantic Ocean and soaking up all the beauty that the beach had to offer.

Tybee Island is such a beautiful island with a lot to see and enjoy. We may have not sampled the food, but we sure enjoyed what we saw. So make sure to visit Tybee Island if you visit Savannah. You’re going to love it, trust me!