We left Charleston this morning. Only about 100 miles to Savannah. On the way, on Highway 17, we saw swamp after swamp. Bob spotted an alligator in the water, just off the road. We also stopped at a cider stand, and purchased some apple cider, which was some of the best I have tasted.
After securing a campground, we drove into the city. We arranged to take a Greyline Tour which lasted 90 minutes. Savannah is about as old as Charleston, but the architecture is much less impressive. The city fathers have not been as vigilant in retaining the original (although ante-bellum or pre-Civil War is better) as Charleston did. There is a mixture of 18th century, 19th century and 20th century Art Deco in the same neighborhoods, as well as a smattering of buildings that have been built in the last 20 years in the current styles. We saw a Victorian Civil War era home painted bright fuchsia and teal (hardly authentic era colors).
The late 1700/early 1800 residential areas are better, and the city was set up with a square or park of about one or two blocks every few blocks. Most of these have statues of either a Revolutionary War or Confederate hero. There is a larger park of about 10 square blocks at the end of the old part of the city, and in the center is a beautiful marble fountain, with statues of Greek gods and swans, etc. The ironwork in the fences and on the building fronts were impressive. There was a quite large wedding going on next to it as well as a couple more smaller weddings in some of the other squares. The weather was beautiful, (high 70's) although we did have some intermittent rain at the beginning of the tour.
After the tour, we walked around the old harbor area, as well as Forsyth park where the wedding was. We will leave early in the morning for St. Augustine.
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