Savannah, GA
Tuesday, April 2. As mentioned on the previous blog, we arrived at the Thunderbolt Marina, near Savannah at 11:00am. Since we scheduled our port hole window repair, we would have a few days to explore Savannah. This city has been highly recommended by my brother, sister in law and niece. We dutifully took their must sees and ventured out. The marina has a courtesy vehicle, which was such a bonus.
Wednesday, April 3. The morning turned out to be a stay near the boat day. Yikes!
Not quite a gully washer but close.
We were tucked in a great spot and the storm blew over.
The courtesy car took us to Sandfly BBQ in Isle of Hope, and we drove to Historic Savannah to get a a glimpse before we return the next day.
The marina was so calm Wednesday evening, hard to believe we had a tornado warning earlier.
Thursday, April 4. We ubered to historic Savannah and took the hop on/off trolley to see the 22 historic squares. It is a beautiful city. There were alot of tourists due to this being Spring break for students.
We were told the feather at the beginning of Forest Gump was floated from the Independent Presbyterian Church Steeple.
This is Johnson Square, it was the first of the squares to be laid out in 1733. It is named after Robert Johnson, colonial governor of South Carolina.
This is Madison Square, named after James Madison, fourth president of the U.S. There were students from the Savannah College of Arts & Design sketching the subject in fron of the crouching man.
The ‘SCAD’ as the trolley driver explained, is credited for bringing alot of design and restoration of old buildings and using them for school facilities.
Savannah is loaded with history. We enjoyed the stories and information provided by the trolley tour. Our final spot was The Sixth Pence Pub. We decided it was time for a ‘trolley’ beer.
Friday, April 5. The boat glass-man was able to fix the window-he had to wait for a good weather day as well as schedule. After he was done, we took the courtesy car to explore Tybee Island. Unfortunately, we were too late to see too much of the Fort Pulaski National Monument.
Artistic selfie!
Tybee Island Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in Georgia. Completed in 1736, fell due to a storm in 1741, then rebuilt the following year using stone and wood.
Darth saw the sun was in a perfect spot for this photo.
Saturday, April 6. We walked to the Bonaventure Cemetery a cemetery since 1846. It is still an active cemetery, meaning folks are still dying to get in there. Yes, I said that… I know it’s a dead joke. I’m killing this….. Anyway, the cemetery was only 1.7 miles from the marina, and we decided to take a tour.
The tour guide walked us through many family plots giving us history and folklore—very entertaining.
This was the family plot for songwriter Johnny Mercer. On the front and back of the bench lists many of his award winning songs. Moon River, Jeepers Creepers, Charade—-and many more.
This is Little Gracie Watson. Her statue is 125 years old and the most visited. She died of pneumonia two days before Easter when she was six years old, and her monument is based on a photograph given to a new sculptor in town named John Walz. So much was said about modern medicine we have today.
There were a few northern cardinals that kept flying into Gracie’s grave. This was taken on the next plot site.
Our tour group.
A huge treehouse with a chandelier along our walk back.
Also on our walk. Too bad the ‘Finches’ restaurant was closed.
On to Beaufort, SC.