Nov 26-28 2023. Savannah, GA

What a beautiful place Savannah is! The downtown has lots of small parks all filled with giant "live oaks", called that because unlike other oak trees they never lose their leaves. The oaks are often covered in Spanish moss and are so pretty.

I arrived in Savannah on the morning of the 26th – and so did Randy! Although the weather was chillier than we had expected (highs only in the 50s and lows in the 30s requiring a jacket and gloves at night) we had a fun time.

We checked out the prohibition museum and learned all about how prohibition affected Savannah and caused there to be an underground culture of speakeasies – hidden bars where people could gather and drink during prohibition times. Ironic that at the end of our prohibition museum tour they took us into their speakeasy and gave us a drink! Savannah has kept many of its speakeasies and we had a good time finding them and their delicious and unique specialty cocktails.

The food scene was great and we tried as much southern food as we could. We ate shrimp and grits, fried okra, collard greens, chicken and waffles, lamb heart, venison, biscuits and lots of seafood.

We learned that rod iron was a status symbol and that people decorated their homes with as much of it as they could. Savannah also has a beautiful cathedral and an awesome riverfront where a cobblestone Road and path runs about a mile along the river lined with stores in old warehouses and factories. The opening scene of Forest Gup was filmed in one of the small parks - hence me posing with y serious face. Randy loved the fact that you are allowed to walk with open alcohol containers so there might have been quite a few mobile cocktails that were consumed! And ouor hotel provided smores containers to be enjoyed )and roasted) at the outdoor fire pit - nice touch!