Road Trip III

When last we left you dear reader, Michelle and I were on our way back North from her sister's winter pied-a-terre in sunny Florida. As I had mentioned earlier, in a quick drive-through of Savannah GA on the way down, we determined that this lovely little city deserved a closer look. Since we were to make a stop at the home of our friends Marsha and Atlas in North Carolina, we figured out we could do an overnight and about half a day in Savannah.

Michelle booked us a room in a brand-new Holiday Inn Express on Bay Street, right near the historic riverfront and we ended up with a room that actually looked out over the river and had one of the best views in town. We checked in that evening and went out to find someplace to eat.

It turned out that across Bay street and down some steps was River Street with the actual water-level river front and docks along with lots of bars and restaurants. There we found a place called the "River Street Oyster Bar and Restaurant." Good food at decent prices.

River Street Oyster Bar

The next day, we booked a half-day tour on one of those buses that's tricked out to look like an old time trolley car. It was a good way to get a flavor of Savannah and the tour guide/driver was very knowledgeable.

A tour trolley makes its way along River Street

Savannah is a very pretty town. Its founders laid it out with over twenty squares that are really mini parks (think Grammercy Park in NYC). Most of these still exist and add a lot of charm to the city.

One of the Savannah "squares". This particular one is where they filmed Forrest Gump sitting on his bench eating chocolates.

The tour was over too soon and it was time to head for North Carolina.

That evening we arrived in the tiny town of Mount Pleasant North Carolina to spend the night with our friends Marsha and Atlas. They live way out in the country on a corner of what was once his family farm. We spent a pleasant evening there at their beautiful newly-built log home and after dinner we visited "Kitty City" a feline rescue operation at which Marsha volunteers in the nearby town of Concord.

The next day we drove 13 hours straight home to good old New Jersey.