Hello all!!! Here we are
in Savannah, Georgia and it is all that the guidebooks said it would be! We have spent a day walking along the river
and through the historic area which boasts 25 squares! These adorable little parks with statues,
trees, sometimes a little fountain and lovely wide walking paths offer a
delightful little spot to rest and chat as we tour the town. It is also very, very hot! With temperatures in the 90’s mostly (that
would be in the 30’s for my Canadian friends) we will walk a block then pop
into a store for the air conditioning, have a look about, maybe buy another
bottle of water, and carry on. I can’t
believe I was complaining about the cold at home last winter! And when it rains!!!! It’s like nothing I’ve ever encountered where
we have been soaked to the skin after being caught downpours with deep, rolling
thunder and bright white lightening for added effect.
River Street, Savannah, GA
In
celebration of having sold our previous boat, Tingara, we took in an evening at
the Historic Savannah Theatre where
they are running a musical presentation of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. It was awesome! The cast, the costumes and the comedy made
for a wonderful night out. On our way
there, one of these incredible rainstorms occurred and as we stepped off the
bus, one block from the theatre, we landed in a pond of water up to our
ankles! Fortunately we had brought along
jackets, just in case, but we were soaked through! We laughed and headed for the nearest shelter…hiding
out until the rain let up a little then ran for the theatre. Once our tickets were secured, we headed over
another block to a little English Pub for dinner and the patrons joined us in a
laugh over us two, very drowned rats, looking for a meal. A good natured bunch of folks in the
traditional English style!
Gregg, checking the map in Chippewa Square
which was made famous in the film Forrest Gump!
We are currently
docked at Thunderbolt Marina
which is a full service facility and have decided to repair our stainless steel
water tanks. This will hopefully be the
last of the major repair/refit list and we will be on maintenance mode for a
bit…I know, tempting fate, I am, but it would be so nice! The laundry and showers are clean and well looked
after which is always much appreciated and the folks here have been just
wonderful! We will mark this location as
a stop on our migration south in October.
Well, time to finish the laundry and prepare our girl! Until next time…..
Love and
hugs,
Shelley and
Gregg
PS…Congrats
to very good friends Jim and Kathy on your successful circumnavigation of Vancouver Island! Not long now and you’ll be on your way south! Whoot, whoot!!!!
Also….congrats
to dear friends Ryan and Heather on your engagement…so, so happy for you and
your little family!!!
I can picture that kind of rain but glad we didn't encounter any on our journey. Tingara will give the next owner some good memories just like you had. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThanks! We are looking forward to the many stories of your round the island trip!
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Glad you enjoyed Savannah... it's a great historic southern city. Rain.... this has been one of our wettest summers in a looooooooooooooong time. Have had flooding yesterday in the Nashville area and also to the north of here. How far north are you going???
ReplyDeleteJohn E.
Oh dear! Hope the flooding didn't cause you and difficulties! We are hoping to get as far as the Chesapeake Bay, should be there within the next 5 days weather etc.. permitting.
Deletelove and hugs,
No problems here in Murfreesboro, however, Nashville and some counties north of there had flooding. You're hitting another great town... Charleston!!! And yes, the S.E. is VERY humid in the summer, especially with all the rain we've been having... it's usually much drier. Going up to Chesapeake Bay huh? Then what.... go outside and sail back down to FL? Come on you guys.... you've got a sailboat.... sail... sail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
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