My son and I and our little trip to Savannah and Tybee Island....

Hi Friends,

As promised I am

posting some more

pictures of our time

down in Savannah

and Tybee Island.

This is my son Andy

down by the water

front in Savannah.

We checked in

and then we headed

down by the river.

Savannah has the

4th largest port

in America and unlike

the other three ports

like New York and

San Francisco,

Savannah's port has

plenty of room for

growth.

There are many nice

restaurants down by

the river and that night

we had some wonderful fish
by the river.

After dinner we went

on the Ghost tour

of Savannah in a lovely

black hearse!! Our

driver is also a Fireman

for Savannah so he had

some very interesting tales

to tell us!!

This is one of the mighty

Tug boats that push and pull

the huge container ships

that go in and out daily

throught the Savannah

river.       

I think one of the crowning

jewels in Savannah has to

be her mighty Oak trees

complete with Spanish Moss

hanging from their limbs.

The oldest Oak standing

in Savannah is estimated

to be around 275 years

old. It stands in front

of the old hospital that is

boarded up presently

During the civil war

the wounded soldiers

were lain there to await

a doctor to help heal them.

Here we are now on Tybee Island.

We went out onto the boardwalk

that extends out a bit for walking

and fishing from the pier.

The waves were a bit higher

that day as hurricane Earl

had just passed by the day before.

You can get to Tybee from

Savannah in about 15 minutes.

Andy and I spent a couple of hours

at the beach and walked around

collecting the oceans treasures.

Perfect Day!!

                                            

                                                                                    

                                                                              

Ahhh the sun felt so good on my tootsies!! ;)

So here's goofy me with Forest Gump.
A couple of years ago when my husband
and I visited Savannah for the first time
we took one of the Trolley Tour bus
rides of the city...which is highly
recommended for your first visit
BTW!!
While my hubby and I were on
the trolley that day Forest Gump
came up to us as we approached
Chippawa square where Forest
Gump was filmed. Well Forest
was looking for his Jenny that
day on our bus and I thought it
was the greatest thing and after
the trolley tour we went back
to hunt down Forrest but he was
no where to be found till Andy
and I went over the the square
last Saturday morning to get
my favorite coffee on the corner
of Bull St. and as I was tellling my son
that every time I would come back and
look for Forrest he was not there. So as I
am telling my son the story my son says
Ma..there he is and sure enough on the
opposite side of the park is Forrest
walking with his cute little suitcase
so I tell my son ok I'm going to run
and try to catch up with him cause
" I'm not letting Forest get away from
me now"!!!....well Forrest goes into a
theater across the street and my son and
I follow him in. At first I don't see him
and then my son says look there he is over
in the corner behind a counter....ha ha got
him cornered now...I say to him "Forrest
I finally tracked you down"!! He was too
cute I told him my story and we chatted
for awhile and he let my son take our picture
as well. His name is John Sandifer and he is
and actor...I have one of his cards. We asked him
how he became Forrest and he said one day
where he worked there in Savannah he decided
to dress up like Forrest and it just blossomed
from there. He is now jumping on the Old Savannah
Trolley Tour buses to entertain the tourists
and he will also be featured
in one of the local magazines soon too.
He was a such great sport about me being such a
goofball lady. So I
hope someday you will get to meet
John/Forrest he is a sweetheart!!

Hope you all liked the tour and
I wish you all a wonderful Day!!

Love and Blessings,

Susan