Tybee Island and Fannie’s On The Beach Restaurant

“Smell the sea, and feel the sky, let your soul and spirits fly.”

Van Morrison

Today is our last day in the Savannah area before heading back home to Augusta. What a beautiful, clear, and unusually hot day it ended up being at the end of September making it a great day to get wet. The sky was crystal blue with not a cloud anywhere is sight and a nice warm breeze gently blowing. Just the most perfect beach day so our destination for the day was Tybee Island, Georgia.

Tybee Island is a barrier island that includes a small town 18 miles east of Savannah. The towns population is only 3,127 and has the distinction of being the eastern most point in Georgia. We pile out of our vehicles and walk up the ramp, over the sand dunes, and onto Tybee’s wide sandy beach. We chose to be at South Beach to we could be near the pier, pavilion, and bathrooms. It is a little more crowded on that area of the beach but worth it for all the extra conveniences. 

Once on the beach, the children instantly ran for the water and had to be called back to get on sunscreen. We walked down to the water and did the toe test for water temperature and it was just perfect. It wasn’t hot but just cool enough to feel refreshing and the ocean today looked very clear, blue, and clean. The waves even seemed to co-operate with us since they were perfect for the little ones. They were just the right size to not knock them over. There were lots of little fish jumping and swimming near us and it was fun to watch the schools of fish disrupting the water.

Another benefit of being close to the pier was that we could get nice cold drinks there and the children could get ice cream. How perfect. Cheers.

We very much enjoyed our time at the beach building sand castles, flying kites, and swimming in the surf. The sea gulls soared overhead making that familiar sound that lets us know we are at the beach. This was a great relaxing way to end our weekend down in Savannah. Life doesn’t get much better than this.

It was time to pack up and head to a restaurant as we were all getting hungry and it was getting near time to head home. We decided to go to Fannie’s On The Beach a restaurant that Kaley’s boyfriend, Jackson recommended since his grandmother had a place in Tybee nearby for years and he said the food was great. 

It is located on Strand Avenue and is a fun eclectic restaurant with a great staff. When we walked in with 8 children, two young adults, and three adults, they didn’t even flinch. God love them. That says something right there. They were nothing but cordial and bent over backwards to make our visit with them perfect.

Joe and I shared our meals. I got the fried shrimp and Joe got fried oysters. The portions were a good size and the food was wonderful. Kaley and Jackson got personal pizza’s and said they were awesome. We enjoyed a lovely meal before heading back home. That weekend went way to fast.

This restaurant celebrated twenty seven years this year and has been serving lunch and dinner seven days a week. They opened in 1992 and are still going strong. On weekends, they have live music upstairs which they had the day we were there but we chose to sit downstairs with the children so we could all sit together.

Another great weekend has past. Tybee Island is a great place to enjoy the beach and great food. Try it and see. You will won’t be disappointed. Till next time. Bye for now.