We woke this morning to a cloudy day that looked like it could open up any minute and downpour. This wasn't going to make for a good day to walk the Riverwalk or the town squares downtown.
Walt took care of adding Georgia to our map as he had forgotten where we were last night.
We decided to get in the truck and find something to do. When we got to the tourist area the skies seemed to brighten and we took notice of the trolley tours. We decided to take the tour this way and on this line we could get off and get on another trolley when ready. The trolley didn't really lend itself to a lot of picture taking due to the moving and all the other trolleys that were constantly blocking shots. So while Walt and I saw some beautiful southern homes with their wraparound porches and intricate wrought iron railings I just don't have the pictures to share.
One of the stops was in a front of a 200 year old movie theater that still operates today. Next thing we know a man comes on the bus wearing a plaid shirt, carrying a box of chocolates. He introduced himself as Forrest, Forrest Gump.
This fellow really had the mannerisms and way of talking down pat.
When he got off the trolley he stood and waved at as. The driver, Steve, talked on and on and all the while Mr. Gump kept waving. A half a city block away and he was still waving.
We got off the trolley at the Riverwalk to have lunch. We chose a seafood place to eat. On the wall was a painted picture of a huge cooked blue claw crab which I had to get a picture of.
We had heard about the Waving Girl and wanted to see the statue and get the story behind it.
Florence Martus (1868–1943), also known as "the Waving Girl", took it upon herself to be the unofficial greeter of all ships that entered and left the Port of Savannah, Georgia, between 1887 and 1931. A few years after she began waving at passing sailors, she moved in with her brother, a light keeper, at his small white cottage about five miles up the river from Fort Pulaski. From her rustic home on Elba Island, a tiny piece of land in the Savannah River near the Atlantic Ocean, Martus would wave a handkerchief by day and a lantern by night. According to legend, not a ship was missed in her forty-four years on watch.
Legend also has it that she fell in love in with a sailor and she met all the ships so that he could find her when he returned. After 44 years he never came back and she died of a broken heart.
The river was very busy.
We saw these decorative covered posts and I wanted one so bad! But being the Queen of Cheap I just couldn't part with bucks to get one. They were pretty pricey.
The smallest ones were $49.00 The mid-size ones were $79 and I didn't have the heart to see how much the tallest ones were. Now I wish I had gotten a small one.
One of the many squares in Savannah. Each one is just beautiful.
Savannah has its share of wrought iron too.
Do they even build things like this anymore?
I could spend hours and hours taking great joy in walking the streets of Savannah just looking at the buildings. Color me fascinated.
I love the old stone work.
This was a cotton broker building back in the day.
What a very nice day in Savannah. Saw some great sites, admired some beautiful buildings, had a nice lunch, bought some souvenirs and called it a day.
We spent the evening sitting outside enjoying a gentle breeze, talking with the New Jersey couple. Needless to say Boss made some new friends.
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