I headed back to Jekyll Island and the Beach Village to do some more two-wheeled exploration. My journey from the Beach Village took me toward the Historic District. I noticed something off in the distance while passing by the Jekyll Island Greenhouse parking lot.

I spotted a few deer in the greenhouse parking lot.

I've read about the "Jekyll Island Deer" before, but have never seen them.

I don't know much about the issue. But deer on the island and the effect they have on the island's vegetation has recently become a hot topic.

There have been calls in the past to thin the herd citing concerns about the increasing size of the deer population.

Some people are concerned about the effect the deer are having on specific species of plants on the island. Wildlife advocates, however, want a more detailed study of the deer population before any herd thinning takes place.

In response to these concerns, the Jekyll Island Authority voted to have UGA conduct a 4-year study to evaluate the effect deer are having on island vegetation. Until that study is completed, no herd thinning will take place.

I didn't have any specific plans for the rest of the day. Since I enjoyed my ride on the beach to the southern end of the island last night, I decided to go the opposite direction tonight. I said goodbye to the deer at the greenhouse parking lot and headed back to the Beach Village.

The beach had never been what I would call "crowded" during my visit this weekend. And there were even less people on the beach now.

Mother Nature looked like she was going to cooperate for the rest of the evening. The thinning clouds and peaks of blue sky made for some great pictures.

I decided to ride on the beach to the northern end of the island.

I started pedaling and immediately stopped to take more pics of the clouds.

I don't know what I see in this beach version of the Rorschach Inkblot Test. But whatever it is, it looks pretty awesome.

Just like last night, the more intense weather seemed to be south of the island.

Looking south at some intense weather.

Looking northeast over the Atlantic Ocean.

It looks like I was seeing a storm off in the distance.

Watching the weather from a distance turned out to be one of my favorite activities of the weekend. Getting caught in it, not so much. But this storm was far enough away from me that I didn't have to worry about that.

I also got to enjoy the remnants of sunset to the west.

Looking west from the beach at the new Jekyll Ocean Club.

Checking out the remnants of sunset.

I pedaled a little further north and stopped again to check out the wonderful storm to the south.

Storm to the south.

Clear skies off to the west.

Storm to the south.

I continued pedaling north and spotted two familiar-looking ships off in the distance.

The "Eternal Ace" that I had photographed at the Colonel's Island Terminal earlier this afternoon was now headed out to sea.

MOL "Eternal Ace" entered into service in 2011 making it the oldest of the three ships I photographed at the Colonel's Island Terminal.

The "Eternal Ace" is a Ro-Ro vehicle carrier, meaning the cargo onboard is "rolled on" and "rolled off" the ship via the giant ramp seen in the photo above.

The "Titus" was also headed out to sea.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen "Titus."

The "Titus" is also a Ro-Ro vehicle carrier that just entered into service earlier this summer.

From what I read, the "Titus" is capable of carrying 8,000 vehicles !

The third ship I saw earlier in the day was also headed out to sea.

The K-Line "Horizon Highway" headed out to sea.

K-Line "Horizon Highway" heads out to sea.

Like the other ships, the "Horizon Highway" is a Ro-Ro vehicle carrier that entered into service in 2016.

The "Titus" headed out to sea.

The "Eternal Ace" headed out to sea.

MOL "Eternal Ace."

Riding north on the beach at Jekyll Island and checking out the cargo ships off in the distance.

I was stopped near the residential neighborhood near the Villas By the Sea and was still able to enjoy the remnants of sunset.

I continued pedaling north toward the northern end of the island.

I couldn't help but notice that the amount of available beach seemed to be decreasing.

Looking north from the residential neighborhood near the Villas By the Sea.

Eventually, I reached Driftwood Beach which is where I also seemed to run out of beach on which to ride.

Looking north toward St. Simons Island from Driftwood Beach.

There were quite a few people still here.