Savannah Sweet Savannah

Savannah sweet Savannah

On May 28 we headed for Savannah, Georgia and we were both looking forward to seeing the some of the best examples of antebellum (pre-civil war) architecture, and we definitely were not disappointed. Savannah Historic District is the largest site on the National Registry of Historic Sites and is it ever beautiful.

The town site was laid out in a grid that includes beautiful squares every couple of blocks. These squares are the size of a city block and they are made up of nice landscaping, fountains, and statues with beautiful homes all around the square. They really are something to see.  This historic district, unlike some of the others that we have visited, is full of life as people live, work, go to school, and do their shopping here...the place is alive.

There are Oak trees throughout the city with Spanish moss hanging from it. Although the movie “Gone With the Wind” (statement meaning that the Southern way of life would be lost to the Yankees) took place in Atlanta, you get the same feeling of the Southern way of life while you stroll the streets of Savannah. It’s like you expect to see Scarlette O’Hara and Rhett Butler walking down the street. Our friend Jill said that Savannah was really something and boy was she right; we fell in love with the place.

This is the restored Cotton Exchange Building.  It is a striking reminder of the pre-civil war cotton industry with it's huge plantations, and of course, the slave workers that did most of the work.

We spent some time strolling along River Street which is below the original walls of the city and it was where the merchants did business with the seamen that arrived in the city. It is still a cobble stone road and is made up of restaurants, bars and souvenir shops. While we were there some street musicians were playing and it was very nice.

We also took a drive out to Tybee Island beach, and given the fact that it was Memorial weekend, the place and beaches were packed.

Observations:

* At a number of campsites that we have visited lately, the big thing seems to be golf carts. People bring their own, sometimes custom, golf carts to run around the campsite. They can’t drive them on the road, but they just drive them around the campsite. Laurie and I don’t get it…what happen to walking for exercise?

* Another oddity to us is that a number of golf courses close on Mondays. In most places I have travelled, golf courses are open every day of the year that they possibly can. It’s all about revenue. It has messed up my golf schedule on some of the days I had planned to play.