Blogs from Savannah, Georgia, United States, North America

We enjoyed 3 days in historic Savannah. Located along the Savannah River it is the largest port in Georgia. This charming southern city offers art, architecture, delicious cuisine, trendy boutiques, haunted stories, and lush greenspaces all under a veil of Spanish moss. We parked the Jeep and walked all over the city, strolling through many of the neighborhood squares. We jumped back in Mazie and headed to Bonaventure Cemetery. This is a rural cemetery on a bluff of the Wilmington River, east of Savannah. It is the largest of the city's municipal cemeteries, containing nearly 160 acres. Last we headed to Wormsloe Historic Site. The oak avenue of the property is lined with over 400 live oaks and is often photographed and included in motion pictures. We enjoyed the history museum in the visitor center and ... read more

So my original that I saved unfortunately disappeared so I will have to start the original part from memory. It was a 4.5 hours drive from Durham to Savannah. We had planned over a year ago to go to Savannah and Hilton Head Island, but unfortunately due to COVID we had to cancel. We stopped at a Starbucks in Dillon. We thankfully got coffee, but if we had got anything else, it would have taken forever. We stopped on the way down to Florence. We forgot that we had stopped here on our trip to Charleston at a Starbucks, which ironically was right next door to the restaurant that we ate lunch at. The service was good and the restaurant was very clean. It was called Julia Belle's. The food was a casual seafood type restaurant. ... read more

We enjoyed our first big road trip so much we were anxious to do another. We've wanted to see fall color again and we've always wanted to see Savannah, Charleston, and Asheville so that's the trip we planned. Once again we planned the trip eight nights and nine days and cover about 2,800 miles. And once again I rented a car because it made sense to save the wear and tear on our own car which would depreciate it more than the cost of the rental. We departed October 21. Our first stop was New Orleans. A silver lining to the pandemic is that it has made hotel prices more affordable so we stayed right in the middle of the French Quarter at Place d'Armes which I would describe as a boutique hotel. It has quaint, ... read more

Travel preparations are in full swing. Of course, since I've not done any travel that I blogged about, now I'm testing myself to see if I can remember how everything works. Not off to the best start. Then again, maybe not so bad. Some research of the problems I was having has finally gotten the posts to line up with the new trip. There also seems to be better operation on the iPad rather than the desktop too. Hopefully, when I send this everyone will have no problem receiving. I’m still terrible at typing and really need to proofread before I send.... read more

Everyone said what a beautiful city Savannah is and they were right. Twelve squares, each named after early citizens, dominate as you cross the grid of streets which is the layout of the old part of the city. Around another square you go, right, left, left and right again back onto the street you were driving up, until the next square. The Live Oak is the dominant tree hung with drooping Spanish moss. Live Oak because it is evergreen. The leaves don’t look anything like the deciduous tree’s leaves but they grow just as big. The Spanish moss isn’t moss at all but an epiphytic air plant. We were warned not to touch it as it is full of microscopic biting red bugs. Apparently this is the origin of the term ‘don’t let the bed bugs ... read more