Savannah

June 4, after a 6 hour drive we arrived at Fort McAlister campground at 3:30 PM. The one thing we both noticed is, it is green (due to rain) the further north we traveled. The park is older, but nice. We are nestled back in the woods. As we backed the trailer in we spotted a deer. I thought “How nice, it’s so pristine” Buddy thought “M-mmm, fresh venison”. There is a small park with a dock on the edge of a salt marsh and creek, called Red Bird Creek. We sat on the swings and enjoyed the nice breeze off the water which also kept the deer flies away.
June 5, we planned our day trip to Savannah. In downtown Savannah we caught one of the open air trolleys. It was pretty nice because we could get on and off as we pleased. (We could not! This is Buddy. We could get off and on, at designated stops!) We jumped off at “Lady & Sons” (Paula Deen’s restaurant) and ate lunch. (We did not! This is Buddy. We jumped off at stop # 8 and walked a couple blocks to the restaurant.) We had the buffet; fried and baked chicken, meatloaf, collard greens, creamed corn, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and more. It was all delicious! For dessert we had cheese cake and peach cobbler. Buddy said the cobbler tasted like his mother’s--very good! The people displayed the true southern hospitality. We caught the trolley again and went down to the Savannah River front. We browsed in the shops then walked up to the Six Penne’s where scenes were shot for the Julia Roberts movie “Something to Talk About”. Savannah is also the place Forest Gump was filmed. We learned that they had to temporarily place a park bench in front of the court house just for that movie. (No! This is Bud again. They temporarily placed a prop-bench in front of a park named Chipewa Park and turned the one-way street into a two-way street for the movie.) We took a very interesting tour of the Owen –Thomas mansion. It was designed by William Jay when he was 21 years old. It was built in 1816 – 1819. The interior of the house has Greek-inspired ornamental molding, half-moon arches, and stained-glass panels. We were only allowed to take pictures in the garden area. After that we boarded the trolley and returned to camp. It was a hot but very interesting day.

I have not figured out how to add a photo album to the blog - but I will.