Savannah

Savannah

 

We went to Savannah again this year as are heading north and keeping with warm weather.  We did a Red trolley tour again which we always like to do in cities that offer it.  It shows all the highlights of the main downtown areas.  We had a bit of trouble though, as when we were pulling  into the parking lot for the trolley stop, Ken notice that the brakes were soft, put some brake fluid in and it all poured out.  We went into the Visitor center and the fellow on the desk, Joel was very helpful, found a brake dealer for us that we drove down to and they proceeded to check and fix the brakes, long story short, we hung around all day as they had to get parts, make parts etc. and ended up leaving the truck there.  One of their employees’s lived near our RV Park and drove us home and picked us up in am.

We did do a walk in that area as the dealer advised they had a sandwich shop in the area and had a chance to go to Forsyth Park and walk around which we would not have done normally as we were touring.

This beautiful park, conceived by Savannahian William B. Hodgson, and named for Governor John Forsyth when it was laid out in 1851, consists of 20 acres bordering the historic district. The main walkway is highlighted by the famous white fountain, erected in 1859 and restored in 1988 by the city and community residents. The fountain was orderered from a catalogue in New York and assembled down here,

Spanish moss on trees

 

Entrance to park

Fountain

The next day, we got up early in morning and had the driver takes us to restaurant for breakfast named Clarys which was in movie Midnight in Garden of good and Evil, which I did not know until we took the tour.  Breakfast was very good; French toast was amazing and reasonable.  We had time to kill so walked up to trolley stop and saw the different squares as we walked.  When we took the tour, it was kind of neat to get the information on what we had already walked through. 

 

As we had been there before, we just got off down by the river front for a nice leisurely walk. 

 

On the tour they mention the various movies and locations.  We have seen Forest Gump but one they kept mentioning I had not heard of. Midnight in the garden of good and evil.  Since it was from a book, I guess here is one I need to read.

Pictures I took this time is mostly of the architecture in the area, which is still pretty amazing.  They still require that all buildings in the area, if they are been renovated, need to have exteriors restored as to the original architecture.  The insides, can be totally renovated and modernized.

 

 

This is church steeple  that the feather fell down from onto to Forest