Savannah Again

We thought last night around 10 pm, that this parking spot was going to be a disaster. The RV next door started up their generator at about 8 pm and it was still running at 10 pm. But then, at 10:10 it shut down! Then a couple of big buses came in to the parking lot, with horns beeping every time they backed up as they got parked, and then they kept their engines running for awhile. However, by about 10:30, everything quieted down, and there was silence until morning.

 

We went for another walk around town again this morning, and saw lots more green squares, most of which had a church adjacent. Then Doreen had a rest this afternoon.

 

A typical street in old Savannah.

 

Here's a close up of that moss that hangs from every tree branch.

 

Wesley and Whitefield both spent time in Savannah. This sign marks a site of the first Methodist church in Savannah.

 

And here is it's successor, Trinity Methodist Church (on one of the green squares, of course.)

 

Here's a picture for Sarah - a Savannah cat escaping from its owner.

 

Some of the iron work, like you see in New Orleans.

 

While Doreen was resting, I went for a tour of this old Savannah home. They don't allow photography inside. It was the first house in Savannah with indoor plumbing, and it had several big concrete cisterns to hold water that they collected from the roof.

 

This is the courtyard between the house and the building that housed the slave quarters and stables.

 

I walked over to a train museum, which included this round house. And I got to ride on this train!! The visitor center, where we are staying is housed in the old train station, so the old rail repair yards are nearby. This round house and repair yards date back to the mid 18 hundreds, but they were closed down in 1963 when Southern Railway bought out the Central of Georgia Railway.

 

In the evening, Doreen and I took the free bus down to the river front, to a restaurant for dinner. The free bus goes all over town before it gets to where you want to go, and the woman at the wheel was a wild driver! It's hard to believe she can maneuver a big bus through narrow streets and around corners almost on two wheels, and not end up hitting something eventually. Doreen's sore back took a beating on this trip!

 

Down by the river, the streets are cobble stone. I'm glad for Doreen we didn't go on these streets in the bus!

 

And all through town, the sidewalks are cement with sea shells imbedded instead of stones.

 

While we were down by the river, this big container ship came by. It's amazing the number of containers (each of which is the size of a transport truck) this boat can carry. Too bad there were too many things in the way to get a picture of the rest of the boat.

 

We plan to pull out of Savannah tomorrow. I could stay a week, it is so interesting. But Doreen has had enough of being in one place.