Two days, two boat trips, two islands, and many attractions. Saturday was the day that we explored Kelleys Island, and toured all attractions that could be found.
Saturday morning Anne-Marie and I drove to the Jet Express Dock in Downtown Sandusky, expecting to be able to purchase tickets and just walk on the boat for the 11:00AM trip to Kelleys Island, but no. The boat had filled to capacity, and twenty people ahead of us and every one behind us had to wait for the 12:30 boat. We had plenty of time to purchase tickets and board the boat, as did about 60 other people, and this gave us a little more time to explore the dock area.
The top deck open air seating filled up first, so we settled in for the air-conditioned ride with the soft seats. The Captains station, and joystick steering.
The wide pictures, showing downtown on Kelleys Island with a few cars, and a lot of golf carts. We rented a golf cart from Caddy Shack rentals to tour the island, and see all the attractions.
The menu board at the Buckeye Bar, where we had lunch before starting a hard day of touring.
The Kelleys Island Museum was our first stop with the golf cart. On display in a case was this deed of 1789.
Old wooden school desks, I remember these from High School Study Hall. This is a early boat anchor, I saw a couple of this type displayed in front of houses around the island.
This wide picture shows many display cases in this small museum. This fish fossil was found locally on the island, as were all of the fossils displayed. Only one floor and only one room of displays, but Anne-Marie and I spent almost an hour looking at everything.
The Stone church was built in 1867, from locally quarried limestone. Our rented golf cart in the parking lot.
The church was built before electricity and electric lights were available. The only heat is this stove and the only light is from the windows, but electricity was installed for the museum when they used the building during construction of their new building. Nearly every quarried building stone has a fossil exposed, the second row of stones both show a sea shell.
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