3 Days in Savannah

The next stop on our road trip was Savannah Georgia.  We rented an apartment on the third floor of a restored 1891 Victorian house on Forsyth Park.  It was a terrific location.  We could walk anywhere in the historic district and Forsyth Park was beautiful. It had fountains and statues, great grassy lawns and live oaks hung with Spanish Moss. You just don't see that in Reno.

We took an hop on/hop off bus tour around the city to get our bearings and then walked around the city.  We got off the bus at River street and took a sight-seeing river cruise.  The weather was kind of cold but it was still fun.

 We were fired on by the troops at Ft. Jackson, fortunately it was just a big BOOM without a cannon ball.

We had a great view of the historic river front and the Talmadge Memorial Bridge.  There are some really spectacular bridges in South Carolina and Georgia

After the riverboat tour we hopped back on the tour bus and had just enough time to see the St John Baptist Catholic Church. A warm place on a cold afternoon.

A few other things that struct my fancy walking around the city. The Independent Presbyterian Church was featured in the first scenes of Forrest Gump where you see a white feather floating past a steeple.

And everywhere you could see beautiful houses and creative iron work.

We spent a day visiting Fort Pulaski and Tybee Island. There are a lot of old military forts in this part of the country. We happened to be at Fort Pulaski on the 156th anniversary of the Confederate surrender of Ft. Pulaski to Union forces. We had an outstanding tour guide who really knew local history and all about the fort.

The Union's rifled cannons proved to be the down fall of the fort, plus the fact that there were 11 Union batteries firing on them. 

After the fort we were on to Tybee Island, which is a popular summer resort for Savannah.  Unfortunately it was cold and windy, not a great day for the beach so we had lunch and then visited the Tybee lighthouse and called it a day.

We really liked Savannah. It is just a beautiful, walkable city.