Savanah GA 2-20-2019

Off to Savanah GA this morning, we are very excited to see this historic city with all that it offers. It’s very cool this morning and fleece and jackets are a must. The drive in from Tybee Island is about 17 miles and full of coastal sites. The historic part of town is easily found with its old oak tree lined streets, period homes and gas lamps lit. Its late morning and we find a parking place near one of the many squares (22) and parks. With smart phone in hand we look for sites to see and possible restaurants. We are in awe at the beautiful maintained parks with historic plaques explaining what went on here as early as 1799. Many of the streets have trees arching over the complete width of the street. You hear the clip clop of the famous horse drawn carriages in the street with a mix of people from all over the world riding in them. The lunch time hunger is calling to us as we head towards a local restaurant called The Wilkes House, we are looking for the address when we see this line of people winding around a corner, surely that cant be the restaurant, ah yes it is. We just lucked on to this great place and had a meal of a life time. The restaurant is open from 11-2, family style sitting and what’s great about that is you meet people from all over the world. Don’t bring your credit cards as they only take cash, we did not have enough cash ($25 a person plus tip) so Angela went up to the cashier and he said no problem just send us a check in the mail, Angela could not believe they would trust the un-prepared that way. Angela ran down the street and found a ATM. when Angela returns, we get seated with two families, one from Japan and another from NY. They came around and took our drink orders and then the food started coming out, it’s no wonder the table was so big I counted over 22 dishes. Every dish a surprise in your mouth and for dessert there was banana cream pudding or pie. I wished I had my sweat pants on. As we were getting up from the table and the next group was coming in, we see this southern belle directing traffic and we engage her with how great the food was along with the service, our conversation leads to her being the granddaughter of Mrs. Wilkes and her wonderful story of what it has become, we had to get a picture with us and also buy the cook book of all her recipes. Now we are really ready to walk this 3,000-calorie meal off. We are stunned by the beauty and history of where we are, street after street full of squares, parks and plaques filling in the blanks of history that we were not taught us. Make sure to click the highlighted text for more information. We walk across the next square to a very beautiful building and find its a high end hotel, The Desoto Hotel , talk about southern style. The area is full of interesting shops and restaurants, I especially liked The Satchel for their custom bags. Its afternoon and Angela needs her coffee so, this charming place called the Mirabelle cafe provides her with an espresso, they also have very tempting waffles but can’t, still full from Mrs. Wilkes. Our walking tour takes us to Forsyth Park with an adjoining historic place called the Colonial Park Cemetery. These places really do take you back to a time where life was different but people were not. Lots of churches but the St. John the Baptist Cathedral is one of the most famous, glad I did not have to work on the roof. Our minds spinning and our legs tired we head back to Tybee Island and our cozy RV Happy Trails.