Savannah Georgia
24-27 April 2013
It took us a couple of days to get to Savannah from
Cumberland Island. Both nights we anchored out with other Loopers.
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| Sunset (are you tired of all the sunset and sunrise pictures yet? I can't help it, they are just so beautiful and Gary says one can never have too many sunrise and sunset pictures) |
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| Oh and the moon pictures, are you tired of them yet?? Right now the moon full and we have 10foot tides. |
To avoid the side trip up Savannah River we stayed at Isle
of Hope on the ICW. We anchored out and MV Tango stayed in the marina. We went
shopping and stocked up at Sam’s Club who had a free day membership. Boy the
little Honda Civic courtesy car from the marina was filled chock o block!!
To get to Savannah we shared a taxi which I swear was driven
by Mr. Magoo’s look-alike.
We decided to take the trolley tour of the city. I really
like Savannah, I like the houses, the wrought iron the many, many parks and the
laid back feeling of the town. It is beautiful. It is Southern.We took so many pictures and
here are some of them to share with you….
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| Pulaski Square One of the 24 squares that form the boundaries of the historic district of Savannah |
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| Wright Square and this large granite boulder with a decorative copper plate marks the burial place of Tomochichi, the chief of the Yamacraws tribe. |
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| Chippewa Square They filmed much of Forrest Gump at the square. The statue is of James Oglethorpe who founded Savannah. |
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| Madison Square |
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| Mercer-Williams house, famous for the killings re "Midnight in the Garden of Evil" Movie and book |
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| Historical District, Savannah Georgia |
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| The dome of the city hall, Savannah |
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| Lamp pole |
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| Big Duke Alarm Bell Dedicated as a memorial to firefighters, this bell was originally used to alert the people of Savannah to fires. |
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| A unique way of bringing attention to certain accents of a building is to use different coloured bricks, as seen here |
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| Heading down to River Street, the roads are paved with stones that were originally ship ballast |
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| East River Street |
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| Having a cold one with MV Tango from Montreal Lise and Renaud |
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| Named so because of it's colour, which comes from the layer of stucco applied over red brick Built in 1789 and is said to be haunted as are many places in Savannah, apparently the most haunted city in the USA. |
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| The Waving Girl. This statue is of Florence, the lighthouse keepers' sister, who met a handsome sailor who gave her a white handkerchief as a token of his promise to marry her. Florence is said to have run out and wave the handkerchief at every incoming ship to ensure she would be the first to see her lover return. She met almost 50 000 ships that way but died of a broken heart (and sore arms) as her lover never returned to her. |
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| She should have known better than to trust a sailor!! |
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| River Street Cobblestoned street that lines the Savannah River Cool store is called : life is great -Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt! |
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| One interesting aspect of Savannah architecture is the variety of artistic wrought iron scattered around the Historical District. Some are gates, others cover front doors of historic houses. Many have some sort of theme, a certain flower or fruit, for example: The Pineapple; in Southern culture the Pineapple is a symbol of hospitality, said to originate in the olden days when the lady of a house was giving a party, she would put a Pineapple in the window sill, that would be a indication that a party happening and all were invited. |
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| The steeple of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist. |
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| Dueling grounds right next to the cemetary |
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| Colonial Park Cemetrary |
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| Bird Girl This famous statue can be seen in the Bonaventure cemetery, this copy was just in someone's garden, so I snapped a picture. |
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| Door knocker |
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| Madison Square - statue of Sgt William Jasper a hero of the Revolutionary War |
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| More wrought iron |
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| This gate is said to be a replica of the gates at Buckingham Palace |
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| Forsyth Park Fountain, a replica of the one in Place de la Concorde in Paris , France. Our tour guide claims this one purchased out of the Sears Roebuck Catalogue in 1858. Every St Patricks' day they put green dye in the water to kick off the celebrations |
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| Cool Sphinx outside a coffee shop |
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| The owners of this house on the border of the historical district of Savannah , caused a stir when they decided to paint heir home pink with purple trim. |
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| Ellis Square Market. |
