We were up early today and Wayne was getting the boat ready for the repair. He will catch up later with us. Chuck, Kathy and I took a taxi to Historic Savannah. I say we started at 11am walking first in City Market. Lots of eateries and shops. We took the Oglethorpe Trolley Tour, which is a great deal at $15 a person.
This is Rachael are trolley driver. She gave us a 90 minute tour of the Historic district. After the tour you can use your pass to get on and off again around the city.
General James Edward Oglethorpe, English general and Philanthropist, founded Savannah on Feb. 12, 1733.
Savannah is called "America's Fist Planned City" because Oglethorpe organized the town into grids, with wide streets and 24 public squares. 21 of these squares were preserved throughout the years and still exist today.
City Hall
One of the many churches we past.
I have so many pictures of the city, this in one of my favorites. It's near the river front. The city is 40 feet above city level. During storms it doesn't flood.
Wayne called and Bill and Peggy Krautwald picked him up at the marina and meet me at River Street. Kathy and Chuck did their own thing and went back to the boat.
We stopped at this outside cafe' for drinks, and Bill and Peggy got something to eat.
Looking at River St. Lots of places to eat, across from here is the Savannah River. All the streets here are cobble stones or bricks. They say the stones are from ballast off the ships when they came in they dumped them out and then filled the ships with cotton and rice.
After Bill and Peggy left, Wayne and I and Sailor walked way back through the city and waved a taxi down and went back to Thunderbolt Maria. I was so tired by 9:30pm lights were out in Bum's Rest.
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