We got up early, the first in a week I think. We really slept in a lot this vacation which was very welcome. We headed south to our next destination, Savannah, GA.
The truth be told, we really didn't have any concrete plans for Savannah. Since we didn't have anything big like the Hunley or Fort Sumter we decided to do what we did in our Canadian train trip and ride the hop on hop off trolly. Riding the trolly would give us the lay of the land and show us what Savannah has to offer.
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The Basilica stained glass. |
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A statue dedicated to a black Haitien regiment who fought in the Civil War. |
After doing the full two hour loop we stayed on and returned to a square next to a Catholic basilica and the childhood home of Flannery O'Connor. The Flannery house was closed when we got there. It appears that COVID did a number on a lot of the museum's and historic homes in Savannah. The Wife called a number and sent an email to an address on a sign outside the house hoping to set up a tour of the house but she never received an answer.
After that disappointment we went into the lovely Catholic Church and cooled off a bit before getting back on the trolly and heading for another landmark, Leopold's Ice Cream shop. Unfortunately we misread where it was and got off at the wrong trolly stop. We decided to walk the eight blocks or so to the shop. By the time we got there we were hot and sweaty and we were greeted by a long line snaking outside Leopold's. We stood in line for ten or fifteen minutes before giving up. It was too hot and the line was moving too slow. We walked to the nearest trolly (the one we should have gotten off at) and road the trolly back to where our car was parked. Not a very satisfying day so far.
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The Chandler Oak, here since the 1700s, draped in spanish moss. |
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The famous Forsyth Park fountain. |
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The Waving Girl of Savannah. |
It was along here that we encountered our first mask required visitor's center. Until then masks had been optional and were rarely seen.
We returned to the hotel, cooled off a bit, then ended up going back to the same restaurant we'd eaten at the day before. There were plenty of restaurants in the Savannah historic district but they were all a bit ... froo-froo for us.
We came into Savannah with low expectations and that's what we got. The place felt older as opposed to Charleston which attracted a younger crowd. Sometime when we go into a place cold like this we find something that pleasantly surprises us. Savannah had few surprises.
Photos can be found in my 2021-06 Southeast USA Google Photos album.
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