Savannah

One of my favorite towns is Savannah, GA. It has so much charm, and you feel like you are in a different time period. My grandma from New Jersey has always wanted to go, so we drove down two weeks ago.

The first thing we did after the 4 hour drive was eat at Paula Dean's restaurant, Lady and Sons. It was absolutely amazing, and we even ate the buffet food! My mouth waters when I think about the fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and even the collard greens.

After lunch we walked around the city. I love the moss that grows on the trees (even though it isn't healthy for the trees): it just makes the town look mystical.


We also visited the house where Juliette Gordon Lowe (the founder of Girl Scouts) grew up. Dave and Lincoln didn't make it through the whole tour...it must be a girl thing.



On our walk back to the hotel, we ran into the lovely St. John's cathedral. Dave got some good shots of the outside, but we forgot to go inside when it was open.

Lincoln had fun playing around/in all the fountains that are in the city squares.


He also had fun playing on River Street later that night. There are tons of restaurants and shops on River Street and there are musicians that perform down by the river. Link enjoyed this sand pit.

He also enjoyed watching all the boats floating by.

We got an early start the next day, because Lincoln likes to wake up before 7am now. The whole gang took a historical walking tour of the town. I wouldn't recommend doing that with a child. Link was pretty good, but we ended up leaving before the end of the tour. After he went down for a nap, Gma and I went out to tour a couple of gorgeous homes, while Dave stayed with little guy. When he woke up, we went back to River Street for some shopping and playing. The best part of the day was going to dinner at the Pirates House. The food was excellent! Dave had some tasty pecan glazed fried chicken and I got some very creamy she-crab soup. There was even a visit from Captain Jack Sparrow.

Dave and gma went on a gravestone and ghost tour (totally not my thing) that night, while Link and I chilled at the hotel. The next day, we went to Tybee island, about 20 miles from Savannah. Gma's friend suggested to go to the crab shack there. The food wasn't really impressive, but they did have lots of alligators, cats, and birds so Link was entertained. The view was nice: it overlooked the coast.

The four hour trip home took 6 hours, because of nasty car accidents and lots of traffic due to Good Friday. Lincoln was such a trooper! He was so good in the car thanks to Dora, Wonderpets, Thomas, and Elmo.