We came to Savannah primarily to see family. Peggy’s sister and family live here but when we arrived they were sick. With each passing day they seemed to progressively get worse. We stayed away and checked on them daily. It’s a very bad “thing” they have that leaves a nasty, scary sounding cough behind that lingers.
OLD TOWN TROLLEY TOUR of Savannah
Our last full day in Savannah we decided to tour Savannah using the Old Town Trolley Tour. It’s a tour with 15 stops where you can hop on and off as you please throughout the day. Skidaway Island State Park has a contract with them to provide roundtrip shuttle service from the campground to downtown Savannah where the tour begins. One hitch…we had to be up and ready to go by 9 am…which we managed to do.
Our shuttle driver told us if we only had one day to make sure we saw the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, visit the river walk and go through one of Savannah’s many squares which are small parks that were planned throughout the city. We did all that AND we managed to find Leopold’s Ice Cream Parlor, famous since 1919 for delicious and creative flavors of ice cream.
SPANISH MOSS
The South is known for the Spanish Moss that hangs down from the live oak trees throughout the South but what we found out is...DON'T TOUCH THAT STUFF!!! Red bugs (aka chiggers) live in the Spanish Moss. The old saying "Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite." comes from the fact that mattresses used to be stuffed with Spanish Moss. Yuck! Also, Henry Ford used Spanish Moss to stuff the seats of his cars. Our tour guide said it lead to the first Ford recall! Not sure if that's true but it made us laugh.
Camping: Skidaway Island State Park
Electricity, water, showers, laundry, dump station, Verizon 2 LTE, Old Town Trolley Tour shuttle
Stop #6 on the trolley tour - the Catheral of St. John the Baptist. It reminded us of the new Basilica of St. Louis in a way.
Stop #10 the River Walk with the cobblestone streets made from the stones used as ballist for ships. Terry in front of one of the huge live oak trees that are all over Savannah, usually draped with Spanish Moss. Terry about to SHARE his 2 scoops of Leopold's Ice Cream.