Historic Savannah
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Jul 4, 2008
Well, we survived our first night on the road. Four people, 2 large suitcases, three computers (I am transferring data from a work one to mine), sundry extra strange bags all crammed into one hotel room makes for fun times for the Staveleys. Bedtime - this is our system...Michael goes to bed in our bed and Laura in their bed, then Bryce and I sit in the dark for three - five hours while the kids go to sleep and we finally feel the need to sleep as well. Then Bryce moves Michael into the bed he shares with Laura and we get to sleep in a nice toasty bed. Last night Bryce started reading Robinson Crusoe (the young readers edition) to Michael before bed. It is sweet to see them lying on the bed reading. Mike is enjoying it so far.
After a rather achy night in our slightly musty room in Savannah, we all jumped out of bed (well, Bryce and I jumped sort of and the kids just moaned) and we got ready for the day. We were packed and out the door by 9am. YAY! We were off to explore Savann
ah for a few hours.Our trusty new GPS got us to the Old Town Trolley Tours a-ok and we proceeded to tour around the delightful city of Savannah. It was a real surprise actually. It appears that the "city" is really the historic district. Not sure where all the office buildings are etc. The downtown of Savannah is several hundred years old and full of squares which all have lovely gardens and a statue or memorial of some kind. We all really enjoyed the tour.We saw some really wonderful things. One thing that did amaze me is the number of movies that were made in Savannah. One of my favorites....Forrest Gump was filmed there.
The trolley driver showed us the spot where Forrest was sitting on the bench in the movie and also the church where they filmed the feather floating. So pretty! The actual bench was in a musuem. Tons of other movies were made here too. Like Glory, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Forces of Na
ture etc.After the tour was finished, we decided to eat at "The Pirates House" which was built in 1733. Part of the building is called "The Herb House" and it is the oldest building in Georgia. So cool!! The food was good and it was kind of cool looking around the house. Supposedly it is full of ghosts as most of Savannah is as well. Kind of creepy! There was a guy dressed as Jack Sparrow from Pirates wandering around. He put Mike's pirate
hat on Michael's head, then Mike took it off, then Jack put it on and it was all rather funny. I thought he smelled like a real pirate to be honest!!! After lunch we headed off to Charleston, South Carolina. We decided to take a highway there instead of the interstate which definitely threw off our GPS lady (she was recalculating a lot and telling us to do U-turns), but we managed to subdue her and enjoy our journey. It took a bit longer, but was very beautiful. Along the way Bryce and I discussed how we are going to manage our kids over the summer with the close quarters we are all in. We are working on a point system. We'll keep you posted on how that is working!
It seemed to take forever to get to Charleston today. Not sure why, but finally we arrived in the city. It is really pretty. We are staying in Mount Pleasant (what a cool name!) which is on the north side and near Patriots Point.
The kids and Bryce swam in the pool during the late afternoon for an hour or so which was nice.Tonight we went to Hardees for dinner (we were the only ones there.....service was kind of iffy, but the food was good) and then using our trusty GPS we headed to a local Towne Centre to Old Navy. I am trying to score a Fourth of July T-shirt and no luck so far. Then we read for an hour or so in Barnes & Noble and then home by the scenic route that our GPS planned for us. It was really beautiful and lots of historical markers along the way. That GPS has made our life so much easier. At least we can find food in these towns unlike our pre-GPS days.
Anyway, now I am waiting for my laundry to dry. Can you believe it? Day 1 and already laundry!!Tomorrow we may explore some of Charleston or may just sleep in! Not sure which is more appealing at the moment. We will then drive to Wilson, North Carolina (nothing special there) for the night and then on Thursday we get to Williamsburg. So exciting!!!!
That's it for now...the kids are finally asleep, it is blissfully dark and I am stoked my photos are on the computer and edited! YAY! edit
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