Savannah GA 10/21-10/23 2019

Continuing our way south along the coast, we stayed a few days in Savannah.  What a beautiful place!  The picture above is a good example of the squares that are literally every couple of blocks all over town.  There is usually a fountain or statue in the middle and lots of live oaks like this with Spanish moss hanging down.  These squares and all the wonderful architecture makes it a very special place.  

We stayed at the Red Gate Campground which was very close to the historic part of the city - only a 10 minute drive or so.  I realize now that I did not get a picture of the place.  But I did get a picture of Pablo meeting the horses!

We drove into the city on our first day and had lunch at a small cafe called the Little Duck Diner.  I had a great chicken salad sandwich on a croissant while Linda opted for a sandwich called "the train wreck".  Ha!  She won't make that mistake again.  It was HUGE and had bacon, sausage, eggs and cheese.  She was barely able to eat half of it.  The Little Duck was right across the street from Paula Deen's place but it looked like it was being remodeled or something.  

Paula Deen's restaurant - under construction...

After lunch we just walked all around and got the lay of the land.  We wound up down on the waterfront about 2:00 and the lady at the hop-on/hop-off trolley said if we bought a ticket after 2:00 we could use it again the next day.  So we did! Here are some of the places we saw as we toured around.  We did almost the whole route the first afternoon and then returned the next day and did some more.  

A view of the capitol from one of the squares

These live oaks are everywhere. Most are nearly 300 years old.

An English pub.  I liked the phone booth...

Jones street - posh neighborhood.

Mercer Williams house - from the book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil".

The Pirate House built in 1794.  Actually a tavern for seaman where if they got too drunk they might have been shanghaied to complete a captain's crew.  The frame at the top of the window on the first floor is crooked on purpose to keep evil spirits and ghosts away.  The color of the shutters is also supposed to do the same.  It isn't green and it isn't blue - something in between.  You will see that color on a lot of houses in Savannah.

For lunch on the second day we went to cool little deli called Goose Feathers.  I had a club sandwich and Linda had the special which was an orange chicken sandwich.  Really good coffee too. 

Goose Feathers - lunch place.

They didn't have a local root bear but Linda did find a really good ginger ale.

The Chandler Oak Tree. Estimated to be around 300 years old and designated a Georgia Landmark. 

I noticed that there were very few homeless people around town.  I only saw two.  This is probably one of the reasons!  What a great idea.  I wish they would do this in some areas in California!