Pictures from Altama Plantation, Southeast Georgia

This past week I had the opportunity to visit the Altama Plantation, formerly called Hopeton, near St Simons Island, Georgia.  It is such a beautiful property with a rich history with records dating back as far as 1763.  It was most recently owned by the Jones family that also owned Sea Island.  One of the original owners studied water control in Holland and put that knowledge to work in a diking and drainage system that supported the rice fields of Hopeton. It was also home to sugar mills, and ruins still remain, two of the chimneys pictured below with the year 1899 engraved with cut bricks.  The ancient oak and pine trees are just stunning with drooping Spanish moss, and Gardenia’s like you have never seen before left over from prior owners gardens.  Wildlife is abundant, while only there for 24 hours we saw an alligator, wild hog, tons of deer, a water moccasin, a turkey, several hawks and a massive owl.  Coming from Atlanta it was simply amazing to be in a place like that.

I spent some time looking for information on Altama, and this is one of the best records I could find: Georgia’s Land of the Golden Isles

Below are pictures I captured while there.  All of these images are available on www.CarsonMatthewsPhotography.com/Travel/GoldenIsles

 

Thanks for reading,

Carson Matthews
www.CarsonMatthewsPhotography.com

Little St Simons Island at Sunset

The view just before sunset looking away from Little St Simons Island GA.

The Marsh of St Simons Island Georgia

Each summer on our boys trip to St Simons, our first stop is to pick up mud minnows in this creek along the marsh.  Even if we don’t get any mud minnows, it’s a beautiful place to stop for a minute and hang out.

Drooling Oak Trees at Christ Church in St Simons

This past weekend I went down to St Simons Island GA for the GA/Fl football game.  Here are some pictures from the nearby Christ Church.  These trees are absolutely amazing and are one of my favorite things about visiting the Georgia coast.  This is what I like about living in the South…if someone wondered why.