Savannah

 Savannah

    After anchoring out for 3 days, it was time to recharge not only the batteries but ourselves. We spent the next 3 days in Savannah. So much to do here, it would certainly take longer than that. 

    
    We bought tickets for the Old Town Trolley Tour, the same company we did in St. Augustine. You can hop on and off wherever you like as you tour the city and you get to hear some history about the area, and in Savannah there is a ton of history.  

Trolley Map

    It's hard to see everything. We started at the Prohibition Museum in City Market. A very interesting an enlightening history of Prohibition in America from the passing of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, January 17, 1920 until the passing of the 21st Amendment, December 5, 1933, 13 years later.

Prohibition Museum

Carrie Nation, the infamous ax wielding Prohibitionist
  


    We met up with another looper who passed us coming from St. Simon's, the crew of Runaway. We hung out with them for the afternoon. A great time to meet some new friends with a shared goal! 

The Crew of Pau Hana & Runaway

A rooftop view of the Savannah waterfront

    We tried out a great restaurant downtown and some libations, after all Prohibition was repealed! We walked down the Savannah waterfront and visited some of the shops. The rain slowed us down a little, but not much. 

I was happy to see the cookie guy, and he was happy to see me!

    We even managed to get our stickers up at Wet Willies, then some more exploring!
 
Sticker time!
  
Walking around makes you thirsty!

    On Tuesday we did some planning for tomorrow's departure to Beaufort, SC, waited out the rain and headed back downtown to explore some more. 

    Savannah was originally laid out in 1733 around 4 open squares, each surrounded by 4 residential (tything) blocks and 4 civic (trust) blocks. The layout of a square and 8 surrounding blocks was known as a ward. There were 24 squares, but some were demolished, a few reclaimed and today there are 22 squares.



    Back to Savannah for our last day here. We Uber'd to Lafayette Park and from there walked towards the waterfront viewing the parks and buildings along the way. 

Lafayette Park

Savannah is a beautiful city and I love the colonial architecture and the building details. 

Mercer Williams House

Cool Architectural Details

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

    We stopped at the 17 Hundred 90 pub and got to meet the bass player for Kansas Billy Greer!!

17 Hundred 90 Pub

Billy Greer - Bass Player for Kansas

  All in all another fun day. We always need more exercise and we ultimately get it in with all of the walking we do.  
 

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