To get there, I flew to the airport at Jacksonville, Fla., and spent about 45 minutes in a cab to the private ferry at Fernandina Beach
that serves the Greyfield Inn, one of four glorious houses Lucy Carnegie had built on the island for her children.
“Teddy got up and said I cannot believe this place and I know how proud your parents would be that you picked this place to get married,” she said.
Without a reservation for one of the inn’s 10 rooms or the six rooms in its cottages, visitors to the island have to take a park service ferry from the small village of St.
Mary’s, Ga. Only 300 people a day are allowed to visit, including a small number of adventurous campers who receive permits to pitch a tent on one of five rustic campsites.
He and Ms. Otawka fell in love cooking at one of Mr. Acheson’s restaurants and married in Mexico late last year.
“I was walking on the beach with my dog, Penny,” Ms. Otawka said.