Charleston Chews

We drove to Hilton Head Island.  Lots of boating and bike trails.  It’s like Sunriver on steroids.  I tried my hand at selfies.  It was a struggle. My arms should be a little longer.The light house on Hilton Head is just for show and to help the boaters find the harbor.  I thought the tartan look was kinda fun. We got to Charleston, SC and found  where to purchase tickets to the ferry that will take us to Fort Sumter.  We will take the ferry on Monday.  1/2 hour trip.  I hope the water isn’t to choppy .  Nervous.In the historic district we had dinner at a restaurant that Robbin Manship recommended.  Hyman’s seafood.   I guess a lot of famous people have eaten here and these two people ate at our table.  (How cool is Neil Diamond?)We had Hush Puppys (fried corn bread).  lots of fried food.  YIKESSweet potato, Rock shrimp, and boiled peanuts. Our motel is right on the Harbor.  Verne had to take a few pictures of the boats.                   We are looking forward to tomorrow.  Monday.

Cotton Pickin Saturday in Savannah

The cotton district was amazing. The whole country revolved around “King Cotton” out front was the red lion statue which represents wealth

.the building is now a Masonic temple.

  Across the street was a little British bakery for meat pies.  Then off we go to Fort Pulaski.   Before Fort Pulaski, we took a picture of a gangster driving bootleg moonshine during prohibition and a statue of Jonny Mercer a famous Savannah composer who won 4 academy awards for songs he wrote.  One was “Moon River”Here is inside the Fort. This fort was at the mouth of the Savannah River.   The fort was a Confederate strong hold during the Civil War.  They never thought that the Union Army’s canons could reach their Fort.  The Union Army’s technology proved that their new canons could reach 1 1/2 miles destroying the fort in 30 hours.We got to the fort just in time to watch a demonstration of the canons they used during  the siege Cover your ears!Look at the holes in the fort.   From inside the fort the confederate army didn’t realize how much destruction and damage had been done.

 We tried to have lunch at a place  that a Coka Cola employee told us about. oops . . . closed on Saturday. Mrs. Wilkes.Oh well, we’ll just stop in for a Leopold’s ice cream cone.  Kind of nice on a 92 deg. day.  I got a cup .OKay, on to the Wormsloe Plantation. A camera can’t do justice to the beautiful Live Oaks trees lining the mile long entrance to the plantation and visitor’s center.  Walking down the road the clouds were rolling in and the claps of thunder made it an erie walk.End of the tour and I was too soaked to be in this picture.  A down pour.Last stop of the day . . . “Sweet Potato Kitchen”  We will visit Hilton Head Island, and Charleston, SC in the morning.

“Sherman’s march to the Sea” We are eating our way to the sea

Savannah is a very interesting town.  We took a hop-on hop- off bus tour. Along the route were movie locations for “Forest Gump”.  The church and the park (without the iconic bench).

The first girl scout headquarters started in Savannah.Savannah has 22 squares (small parks) The largest is Forsyth and is 30 acres. This fountain was very nice.Beautiful Live Oak trees  line many walk ways in the town. Spanish moss was hanging from the branches. Live oaks never loose their leaves. (huh)

 Catholic church .The cemetery was right next to the church.  Here we go again . . . time to eat.  We ate at the famous “Pink House” Wow, delicious.At the Savannah Cotton Exchange buyers would stand on these walkways and bid on bundles of cotton below to be shipped to England. And we found birds, something we haven’t be able to find very often in Georgia. We didn’t ride on this river boat, but it look fun as we walked up and down River St.Savannah Candy Co.  I wished we weren’t so full.Beautiful Fall decorations all over the town,  “The Waving Girl”  statue in on the banks of the river. Her story is,  she would wave a handkerchief every morning and every evening as ships would leave or return from the port of Savannah.  This is the bridge that goes to Elba Island on the other side of the Savannah River. Fancy…

Good night from Savannah.