Savannah, GA

Historic Savannah

We took a trolley tour of Historic Savannah and saw the 22 town squares and many colonial and victorian houses. The magenta house was across the border of where colors must be approved by the authorities in the historically preserved section.

Pirates house: This house had a free spirit painter:

Spanish moss hangs romantically on many trees though it isn't really a moss, but a bromeliad that grows hanging from tree branches. Little red bugs called chiggers often live in the moss especially after it touches the ground. Spanish moss has been used as stuffing for mattresses and if the chiggers were not removed they would bite those sleeping on the mattress and thus came the saying, “Sleep tight but don’t let the bed bugs bite.”

Fire bell.

City Market:

Art Gallery on River Street

Cobblestone streets and brick riverwalk:

$5,000,000 gold top to the city hall:






Waving girl who waved at all the ships coming into port always looking for her sailor boyfriend who left but never returned.




Roses made from Palmetto palm fronds.

The Peacemaker was built in Brazil in 1989 and was a mixture of old and new:

Dennis at the helm:

Plush bedroom and dining room

Fort Pulaski with a moat and more cannons:

The church looks quite rustic doesn't it?