Hi friends-it's Deedra checking in again. For those of you wondering how the weather has been here, it's not as warm as we'd hoped. The high today was 70 with a breeze. It was comfortable wearing jeans and a long sleeved shirt-but no shorts for us. Tomorrow is supposed to be the warmest day at 78 and we plan to enjoy it fully...at the beach! Here are a few highlights of today:
We started the morning walking through the largest square in Savannah and caught a lot of beautiful pics of the park and surrounding homes. Here's just a few of my favorites.
We also took time to tour the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. This was quite a beauty.
Sitting right in town is the Colonial Park Cemetery. An interesting fact is that when the Yankee army camped here, they changed several of the numbers on the headstones.
For lunch we ate at the Pirate House. This now restaurant used to be the stopping ground for pirates. Legend is that many got so drunk, they'd be carried down to the banks of the river and put on a ship. They'd wake up the next day not knowing where they were and it would take a year or two to get back to Savannah.
Our hotel: The Inn at Ellis Square.
We started the morning walking through the largest square in Savannah and caught a lot of beautiful pics of the park and surrounding homes. Here's just a few of my favorites.
We also took time to tour the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. This was quite a beauty.
Sitting right in town is the Colonial Park Cemetery. An interesting fact is that when the Yankee army camped here, they changed several of the numbers on the headstones.
For lunch we ate at the Pirate House. This now restaurant used to be the stopping ground for pirates. Legend is that many got so drunk, they'd be carried down to the banks of the river and put on a ship. They'd wake up the next day not knowing where they were and it would take a year or two to get back to Savannah.
Our hotel: The Inn at Ellis Square.
Midwest kids that we are, we wanted to try some southern seafood. You can imagine the laughs we had cracking crab legs and trying to figure out how to get the meat out and what to eat and what to leave behind on the plate. Let's just say Justin didn't get full so we had to make a second stop at the ice cream shop soon after! We ended our evening in the market area listening to a live band and finished preparing our details for the day tomorrow-a trip to Beaufort, SC and Hilton Head.
3 comments:
I love the updates! Keep 'em comin! Looks like you guys are having a great time. I can only imagine what those big old houses looked like up close! I bet you loved it, Deed! Hope you guys can bask in the nice weather tomorrow! Thanks for sharing all the pics! Love, Abby and Paul
I love the updates also. It is fun to see what you have been up to on your vacation. Get some sun for us back here in Iowa!!! Jen
Hi there....looks like you are having a great time!!!!it looks beautiful!!!enjoy it!!!
Julie
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