In usual fashion, Bill and Pam Irvin rented a marvelous house on Tybee Island, 18 miles south of Savannah. The island reminded me of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It is a very laid back little island, with several little shops, a fishing pier, couple of Breakfast places, vacation homes.
We would pile in the rental van and slip over to Historic Old Savannah and return to the beach village at night. Savannah is the old south. Savannah, like most large southern cities has an old "Colonial" part of town - complete with a Pirate house with tunnels down to the waterfront - to a porch where Marquis de La Fayette gave a victory speech after the Revolutionary War. Then the antebellum style houses that conjure up images of Gone with the Wind. Bill, Pam, Susan and I took a trolley tour of the city and had a great afternoon.
As always, dinner was a culinary delight. One of our favorites was Alligator Soul restaurant in the heart of city. The green-fried tomatoes would warm you up if the gumbo didn't. Alligator Soul - extraordinary Southern Cuisine
3 comments:
Beautiful! I only went once to Savanah, to visit Gina, her husband and the kids (San's sister) and we didn't have more than a couple of hours in the old town but I remember this bar we stoped by that had all kinds of smoothies (or was it margaritas?) and a terrasse outside. It was really nice! It's another cool place to go check out at some point!
~ Vickie ~
Jim and I only spent a few of hours, at lunch, in old Savannah YEARS ago as we were headed to Florida. It was charming. I would love to spend a weekend there sometime!
Glad Wayne & Susan are back safely, after all the horrific weather down there!
Thanks, Carolyn, the blackout was pretty scary. I told everyone it's a good thing I didn't know it was due to tornadoes or I would've been in a closet somewhere. See you in a few weeks.
Susan
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