Day Trip to Savannah!

    We woke up this morning, looked out at the glorious day and decided not to break the on-going count of weekends *not* spent in N. Augusta...so we decided to hit the road. Last night, as I was waiting for Justin to get off work, I took a look at the map and calculated the time it would take to get to several locations from our house. The most reasonable location was Savannah coming in at only 2 and a half hours away.

    As soon as we set foot on River Street after finding a parking spot, Justin turned to me and asked me what I would like to eat for lunch. The words barely escaped Justin's lips when a man on the corner smoking a cigarette said, "Go to Tubby's! You'll love it." We were not really in the mood to make decisions anyway, so we said, "What the heck! Tubby's it is!"   

 

      After taking a while to make up my mind (a women's prerogative) I decided on a yummy crab cake sandwich, which I would totally order again! It's not everyday that you can get local seafood when living in North Augusta. A low-country girl needs her seafood fix quite regularly...and prefers it to be local!  :)

    We enjoyed being tourists and walking up and down River Street. In one of the store fronts Justin spotted a giant pumpkin. It reminded us of the pumpkin we saw in Franklin, NC last Fall, which we thought was huge. I'll let you compare them. 

    The city was full of historic charm, with old cobblestone streets with a still-active trolley,

   second floor doors that open into thin air,

lots of brick and stone architecture,

and city squares decorated with fountains.

     Savannah was absolutely beautiful and reminded me a lot of Charleston, SC. Both are gorgeous cities with Live Oaks draped in Spanish Moss, iron gates and fences, waterfront walkways, cobblestone, and rich in history. Both Savannah and Charleston once were their respective state's capitals and are still their major seaports. Even though I have never spent much time in Savannah, it felt familiar because it reminds me so much of Charleston.

         We have seen trees growing on top of bare rock at the top of a waterfall in Yosemite, but we are still always intrigued by plants growing in unexpected places. Of course we had to stop and admire these ferns that were growing out of the side of this brick wall.

     We love this building's unique combination of brick and stone. A lot of the stone used around the city is ballast rock brought over from England on ships bound for Savannah. These stones were added to less-than-full cargo ships to keep them stable on the journey overseas.

     

   

  

  

  

  

  Around the city we saw vendors selling pictures of letters that are found in everyday life. We thought this was a really neat idea, but instead of buying the pictures, we took it on as an activity to look for and take our own pictures of that spell our last name. We enjoyed using our imagination and creativity which was combined with a friendly competition of who could find the best letters! :)

   We had a fun, relaxing, spontaneous Saturday. Couldn't have been any better!