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.