June 19-20 Savannah Georgia

After the morning in St. Augustine we took the short drive up I95 to Savannah, stopping at a Sonny's BBQ in west St. Augustine on the way.  Like our drive on Sunday, there was rain along the way.  We were lucky that all of the rain we saw during our trip occurred when we were driving between locations.  Never had to put our ponchos on.

We arrived in Savannah, checked into the Fairfield Inn Historic District hotel, and walked down to the river.  Savannah is famous for its squares, and this was the first we hit in our wanderings around the old city.  Franklin Square and the Haitian Monument, memorializing the black soldiers who fought for independence from the British.

Down to the river

 We ate here both nights in Savannah.  Really liked it.

 Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, has a big presence in Savannah.  This is one of the more mobile monuments.

 River traffic

 Waving girl statue

 Girl scouts were everywhere in the city.  Several groups stayed at our hotel, and filled the breakfast area both mornings.  Also in uniform at our hotel -- a group of National Guard soldiers, some in standard battle dress camouflage, others in flight jumpsuits.  The scout group below was doing their pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Scouts.

 The defining image of Savannah -- open square filled with live oaks dripping with Spanish moss

 Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park

 The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.  A docent gave a very informative 12-minute talk about the building and its furnishings. 

 Colonial Park Cemetery

 We ate lunch at the Pirate's House.  A very reasonable buffet lunch, and we weren't drugged and carried off through the tunnel to find ourselves on a ship bound for China.
While we were eating it poured down rain.  Yet as we finished it had stopped.  We still needed to cover the cameras while walking around for the next half-hour or so, but didn't need to put the ponchos on.  We were quite lucky with the weather.

 Factors Walk

 City Hall

 Steps down to the River -- pretty steep

 

Chippewa Square: This is where Forest Gump's bench was located for the filming  of the movie.  The bench was strictly a prop, and now located in the Savannah museum.

Next stop: Charleston SC