We had a rest day in Savannah today and we couldn't have asked for a better day: charming city and a beautiful day. I slept in this morning to almost 8:30 - a real luxury after days of 5:30 wake-ups and lots of road miles. The streets were still wet from the overnight rain but I had some chores to do anyway - house discussions with our attorney, clean and oil the chain after yesterday's ride, and check in with Susan who is in Florida with her sister (the latter is not really a chore). My
roomie left to go touring early and so I wandered out with camera in hand and wandered through the historic district and the waterfront. And today I do have the photos I could not take yesterday. The white pillared structure is an Anglican church built
pre-revolutionary war and the sign on the front was announcing a Gregorian chant concert coming up soon. The building with the pillars is a house also built late 18
th century and still occupied as a private dwelling. It looks out on one of the many squares or little parks that show up every couple of blocks in the old area of the city. They are wonderful additions to the city design and the photo of the oaks and hanging moss is one of them. The houses are simply a typical street scene, all private homes originally and now kind of mix - some, like those pictured here are still private homes or apartments and others have been converted to stores and offices. And finally a picture from the waterfront of the Savannah river and the
Talmadge bridge which we crossed yesterday in the rain. The city was
originally British and developed into a major port for cotton and tobacco. Today it is still Georgia's major port but most of the shipping activity has moved from the site from which I took the photo further upriver and right under and beyond the bridge. I walked just enough today to get a feel for the city and get a few photos to take home. So the mileage today is all on the shoe leather and I never once checked to see how fast I was going. Tomorrow we head to Brunswick Georgia which is also a port city with lots of history. It is an eighty+ mile trip and hopefully we will have the same dry roads I'm seeing now.
We had a rest day in Savannah today and we couldn't have asked for a better day: charming city and a beautiful day. I slept in this morning to almost 8:30 - a real luxury after days of 5:30 wake-ups and lots of road miles. The streets were still wet from the overnight rain but I had some chores to do anyway - house discussions with our attorney, clean and oil the chain after yesterday's ride, and check in with Susan who is in Florida with her sister (the latter is not really a chore). My roomie left to go touring early and so I wandered out with camera in hand and wandered through the historic district and the waterfront. And today I do have the photos I could not take yesterday. The white pillared structure is an Anglican church built pre-revolutionary war and the sign on the front was announcing a Gregorian chant concert coming up soon. The building with the pillars is a house also built late 18th century and still occupied as a private dwelling. It looks out on one of the many squares or little parks that show up every couple of blocks in the old area of the city. They are wonderful additions to the city design and the photo of the oaks and hanging moss is one of them. The houses are simply a typical street scene, all private homes originally and now kind of mix - some, like those pictured here are still private homes or apartments and others have been converted to stores and offices. And finally a picture from the waterfront of the Savannah river and the Talmadge bridge which we crossed yesterday in the rain. The city was originally British and developed into a major port for cotton and tobacco. Today it is still Georgia's major port but most of the shipping activity has moved from the site from which I took the photo further upriver and right under and beyond the bridge. I walked just enough today to get a feel for the city and get a few photos to take home. So the mileage today is all on the shoe leather and I never once checked to see how fast I was going. Tomorrow we head to Brunswick Georgia which is also a port city with lots of history. It is an eighty+ mile trip and hopefully we will have the same dry roads I'm seeing now.
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