More from SC & On to Georgia

Oct 9 - 11 … Monday we continued on down the road about 300 miles to the small town of Townsend, GA which is 45 miles south of Savannah. We explored Darien yesterday and today we spent the day in Savannah. We went on a great 90 minute Trolley Tour of Savannah. After that we explored on foot more of the Riverfront and Historic District. Savannah was the first planned city in our country. It was developed with 24 Squares in the small downtown area and there are 21 of them still remaining and one being rebuilt to it’s original look. Each square is a park with a statue or fountain. This city is beautiful with it’s oak trees covering every street and parks on every few blocks. Building and homes in the historic & waterfront districts are original, built in the 1700 & 1800‘s. Even the hotels must be built to look like the that time period. There is a Holiday Inn Express going up that will have original Savannah Brown Brick ($65-$70 a brick). We went to Madison Square where “Forrest Gump” sat on the ‘bench’ during the movie. We saw several sites where other movies were filmed as well (Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil & a Julie Roberts, Dennis Quad movie that I can’t remember the name of, even though we saw it!). We also went into the Catholic John the Baptist Cathedral (seats 1,000) and the Lutheran Evangelical Acsession Church - both were unbelievable. The original building were built in the 1700’s and added onto in the 1800’s. From Savannah we drove to Tybee Island and saw Georgia’s oldest and tallest lighthouse and walked down to the beach. We had a great day of history & exploring! Tomorrow we are going to explore Brunswick and the Golden Isles. We leave GA on Saturday for St. Augustine, FL.

Oct 5 - 8 …. It was Fall Bike Rally in Myrtle Beach so there were motorcycles everywhere (100,000 were expected). We drove to Murrells Inlet and went to Huntington Beach State Park where we hiked some and walked the marshland. Sat. night we went for a walk to Barefoot Landing and stopped in at Dicks Last Resort where the waiters are known for ‘harassing” the customer. We listened to the live music for awhile and enjoyed the night life. On Sunday it rained most of the day so after church we stayed close to home!