Georgia: Savannah

Day 316 P.M.
May 22, 2016
NM Today: 15
NM To Date: 4988

Since Isle of Hope is part of Savannah, we had a relatively short trip today. We moved closer to downtown Savannah to make getting around town more convenient. Although short, the trip to our dock for the next couple of days proved interesting.

Water skier up out of the water on single ski

Popular marina with Loopers
(we got recommendations from locals to take the short detour to
Isle of Hope instead, which we did)

Thunderbolt Marina has the "big" boats

Fort on the Savannah River

Industry on the Savannah River

Tugs at the ready for the next big ship that comes in

Coming into Savannah

We stayed at the docks provided by the Westin Hotel with close proximity to the ferry and full use of services provided by the hotel.

Savannah Belles Ferry

 The ferry stops at the Westin, the Marriott, and the City Hall. We contacted our sons, Jeff and Chris, upon our arrival and learned that they were at Forsyth Park with Devon, Heather, Sierra and Lillian. As soon as we got ourselves situated at the dock, we took the ferry across to City Hall to walk to the park to meet them.

Cobble-stoned Streets near City Hall

When Clark checked in at the Westin, the concierge there, Merry, gave him some information on what to see in Savannah. She told him to walk down Bull Street to get to Forsyth Park. For better or worse, every block on Bull Street has a "square" with a monument and some historic value. The walk to Forsyth Park took forever as Clark insisted on capturing everything on camera, and I do mean everything! The following pictures are only a few of the many he captured.

SCAD - Savannah College of Art & Design

Pulaski Monument

After a walk that took longer than it should have, we finally met up with our family. By the time we found them, however, they were no longer at Forsyth Park but were making their way down the street towards their Bed and Breakfast place where they stayed for the duration of their time in town.

3-month old Lillian Martha

2-year old Sierra Rose on Jeff's shoulders

 We shared hugs and hellos but continued on past them to take a quick look at Forsyth Park ourselves and the beautiful fountain in particular.

Forsyth Park Fountain in Savannah, GA

In addition to the beautiful fountain, we found a monument of considerable height dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the Confederacy.

Monument to the Confederacy 

We found it "interesting" that a marker commemorating General Sherman's March to the Sea sat barely noticeable off to the side in one of the squares on Bull Street.

No Monument for General Sherman

 Since the day was growing late, we found a little place for dinner - one that Heather found had good reviews on TripAdvisor.

Ev with Lillian at Dinner

We opted out on dessert at our restaurant, and the waitress smiled knowingly as she said enjoy Leopold's. Leopold's is a world-known ice cream parlor. We walked there from the restaurant and found a long line of people waiting to get in for their ice cream treats.

Waiting Outside Leopold's "world famous" Ice Cream Shop

After ice cream we left our family for the ferry ride back to our boat with plans to do some more exploring together tomorrow.