Historic Savannah

We shamelessly slept in today and it was wonderful. We lazed under the covers until we had to get up and when we started trying to map out where we were going today, I was shocked to see on Brock's tablet screen that it was 10 o'clock! I had planned to make pancakes for breakfast, but since we needed to get going and lots of us needed to go down to the bathrooms for showers, and we knew it would be nearly noon before we got out of the campground, we decided to eat cold cereal. The lack of a sewer hookup at this campground makes me really appreciate all the campsites we've chosen that had it. We have done a good job of conserving though since we made it five nights without having to move the trailer to the dump station. I'm proud of us. We can now just dump on our way out and really appreciate full hookups at our next campground.

Today was one of those times when we really weren't sure what we should try to see in Savannah. We started out by touring the Bonaventure Cemetery. It is a very old and picturesque cemetery where some prominent figures in Georgia's history are buried.

Random grave monument...sunbeams and
spanish moss...
cool in the daytime...
glad we weren't doing the midnight tour.

Grave of Noble Jones, one of Georgia's first colonists who arrived here with James Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia. Jones was a leading official in the colony and died here in 1775.

After the graveyard, we were all starving; it seems cold cereal doesn't last very long in your stomach. So, we decided to drive to the "historic Savannah district" and look for someplace to eat lunch. Problem was, we didn't really know where the historic district was. I tried putting "River Walk" into the search on my phone and it started taking us somewhere out towards Tybee Island where we were yesterday, so we eventually figured out that that wasn't right and turned around and started driving towards the river and city center.

Eventually we found the right area and then we were looking for a parking spot and we finally found one. Then we got out of the car and started searching on our phones again for a nearby eatery. We just decided to try one that had decent reviews called Henry's Restaurant. It was basically just American food, but the people were so nice and the food was really good and fresh. We were all able to choose quite varied things. Three of us chose breakfasts and the other three chose hamburgers, fried shrimp and grilled cheese. We were eating already when Brock noticed on the menu that it said they closed at 3 pm and it was already about ten after! We apologized to them, but they were very nice and genuinely seemed not to mind. The rest of the staff did clear out before we finished eating though. We decided to leave them an extra nice tip.

With full bellies, we were much more ready to head out and explore the River Walk area. It is in the Historic District North. It is just a little cobblestone street area right on the river that cars and trolleys can still drive on. There were a few street performers there and some really nice ships and boats. The store fronts along there were all pretty touristy with a disproportionate amount of candy stores, BUT we enjoyed the free samples whenever possible. We had our first taste of pralines and everyone liked it except Sky who is not a fan of nuts. We got the obligatory smashed penny souvenirs at one of the candy stores and also purchased a pecan roll to eat later. We found a sunglass shop that was having an end of season sale where all the glasses were $5 so we all chose a new pair. 

Lots of the buildings on the river had really pretty rock walls.

A World War 2 Veterans' Memorial

We drove around a little bit when we had tired of walking and enjoyed seeing some of the beautiful buildings including the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. There was some scaffolding in front of it and it looked like people were headed in for a mass so we didn't get to take a picture. The streets definitely have a real unique feeling to them with all the live oak branches and spanish moss reaching over them to create a tunnel feel. The city just feels so different from anything you see in Oregon since our history just doesn't go back so far. 

On the way home, most of us were still full from our 3 o'clock lunch so we decided to skip dinner and hit a little frozen yogurt shop. I think everyone was happy with their choices. 

I think Brynna was conservative in her yogurt
portions because she finished eating first.

Spencer finished his last and was not so conservative
with his portions. ;O)

I think the favorite flavor tonight was "cake batter".

When we got back to the trailer, Brock needed some quiet time and headed into our room to read a magazine. I had a few clean up type things that I'd procrastinated on that I needed to get done before moving day tomorrow. Before too long, it was time for the little boys to be in bed. It was a good day all in all. I know there is LOTS of Savannah that we didn't see, but we enjoyed what we did and are pretty ready to move on. Next stop...Charleston.

Aren't we cool in our new shades?