Downtown Savannah

 

 

We went to Historic Savannah this morning.  We opted for the trolley tour since Hiawatha coughed about all night and wasn't feeling too good.  We like the trolley tours because the trolley driver always knows a lot of local lore that you don't get just walking around.

 

The temperature was in the 80's so there were lots of people down along the river.  They bring some huge ships into this harbor.

We toured the Sorrell-Weed home.  This is supposed to be the most haunted room in Savannah.  They guide said that they regularly have to help people out of this room because they get all weirded out.  Other than a little musty smelling; I didn't notice anything.  At one point in our tour of the house a door to a room across the hall from the room we were touring slammed shut pretty hard and made everyone jump.  This house is on the "haunted Savannah" tour.

The lady of the house jumped to her death from the 3rd floor balcony after she found her husband in a compromising situation with the nanny.  Supposedly this event socially destroyed the Sorrell family

 

We ate fish and chips at Spunky's on the river.  It was pretty good.  Hiawatha didn't finish his plate; so that tells you he isn't feeling too good.

 

Tomorrow we are touring Fort Jackson...stay tuned!

We woke up and got on the road by 8:30 and headed on down I-26.  We were 231 miles from my nephew's house.  We expected the traffic to be really heavy, but it was very light.  I guess we just travel earlier than most.  The road between Ashville and Columbia is very hilly and curvy and rough.  I think that it is easier to travel in the mountains of eastern Kentucky than the small, curvy hills of western North Carolina.  When we got to Columbia I called Betty's RV park to see if they had a vacancy.  They were full, but since we are self contained we could park in their overflow area for $10 cash  a night.  So we thought we might as well try it out.  The park was easy to get to and when we got there they had laid huge pieces of cardboard down for us to park on because the grass was so wet and muddy and we had a water hookup and 30 amp electric.  The park is mostly workers at the atomic plant and stay here full time.

Hiawatha is still coughing his head off, so he stayed behind in the camper while I went to visit these two cuties:

 

I am wearing a mask because I have some congestion and although I think that it is only allergies; better safe than sorry where children are concerned.

 

Stay tuned tomorrow as we travel for parts unknown. 

 

I love being back in my flip flops!