Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Savannah

Savannah is pretty awesome southern city in every way but two very minor, yet annoying things:  1.  It is HUMID here.  With the warm weather especially, the humidity is kicking our butts.  2.  No-see-ums.  Crap, the skeeters are bad.

We can definitely get past that for the rest of what this city has to offer.  In a word, Savannah is "historical."  Man, there's a lot of old history here.  And, a lot of firsts for our country.  The Spanish moss all over the extremely elegant and old Live Oak trees was spectacular!  By-the-way, Spanish Moss is not actually a moss, it's in the bromeliads family which also includes the Pineapple believe it or not.  So, let's get on with this show starting with some pics and a few comments on them.  Just remember, there is no way this will sum up Savannah at all.  We need to stay at least a couple weeks here alone.


The pic above is Skidaway park entrance.




The 3 pics above are the riverwalk along the Savannah River.




 

Savannah made many folks rich with the Cotton market.  It was a hub of commerce.


The stone and brick roads are everywhere and add to the mystique of Savannah.




Took two tours while here.  First was the Ghost tour in the evening and the next day, a city tour.  Recommend both.  With the day tours, you can get off and explore, then another "trolly" vehicle will pick you up and go to the next of 16 stops in the city.  The pirate came on at the Pirate House where we had dinner.  He was very funny.


This oak is the oldest Live Oak in Savannah dating back more than 500 years.


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