Red Umbrella Project #54:  Landlocked

it's 5:00 somewhere

 

102 degrees today.  Makes me long for sea breezes and ocean waves.

 

St. Simon Island Georgia

4.24.2016

shrimp boats

 

Darien, Georgia once had the largest shrimping fleet on the Georgia coast, with several shrimp and oyster packing houses in town along the banks of the Altamaha River. Supply and demand of shrimp and increasing costs such as diesel fuel and loans on bigger, more modern boats have resulted in economic uncertainty in recent years. Today, Darien's shrimpers struggle to survive against competition from cheaper, imported shrimp. Many boats, like these are docked.

 

Darien, Georgia

dry dock

 

The Marina Café is on Marine Avenue.  You're right that Marina refers to a harbor for pleasure boats but the Marine in the street name refers to Camp Lejeune, the Marine Base a few  miles down the road.  The population of Onslow County is about 200,000 -- 75 per cent of that is base-related.  The land mass of Jacksonville is about 45 square miles -- Camp Lejeune occupies 246 square miles of the county.

 

Marina Cafe

110 S. Marine Avenue

Jacksonville, North Carolina