Mike sitting where Forrest Gump sat on the 'bench' in Madison Square in Savannah. The bench is in a museum now! 

Savannah, GA - The Lutheran Church built in 1843 & added on to in 1879 

The Shrimp Boats in Darien, GA 

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!

Mike on our bike ride on the beach 

North Myrtle Beach - a stop on our bike ride 

The end of NC and on to SC - Myrtle Beach

Sept 27 - Oct 5...We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in Fayetteville (FT. Bragg), NC with Brandon, Katherine and the grandsons. The boys spent both weekends with us in the motor home. We managed to keep quite busy between our house and theirs. Brandon made it back home late Friday nights so we were able to spend 2 days with him. On Monday we headed for Myrtle Beach, SC. We are staying at Briarcliff RV Resort in North Myrtle Beach. It’s a very nice park. We did a 7 mile bike ride on the beach and the area surrounding the park and drove Ocean Blvd through Myrtle Beach. Today we went to the beach and enjoyed the sun, sand and ocean. The weather has been great - in the 80’s. Tomorrow they are predicting rain and much cooler weather, lasting through the weekend. We will continue to explore the sites! We were here once before but it’s been about 12 yrs ago so things have changed alot. We leave here on Monday and head for the GA coast.