and we sat in the front:
to begin the tour that had 15 stops along the way.
It became obvious to us early in the tour that there would be too many old houses for us to capture and place on the blog, so this is just one example of the many houses that were on the tour:
Most of these homes were of individuals we had never heard of but were significant to the history of Savannah, Georgia and the South. Some of them were: Green-Meldrim House, Sorrel-Weed House, Mrs Wilkes Boarding House. etc. You get the picture. There were some that we knew and could appreciate, as Juliette Gordon Low's birthplace (Founder of the Girl Scouts) and Sherman's Headquarters (Union Army General) when he conducted his March to the Ocean during the Civil War. Along the way, we spotted this father and son, dressed in confederate uniforms:
Our plan was to take the whole tour through all 15 stops while deciding which areas we would want to spend more time. We got as far as stop # 11 on the Savannah River waterfront and decided to jump off and walk around. This was an area of shops and cafe's, and the River Marketplace:
It consisted of 2 buildings, filled with individual booth's offering all kinds of touristy goods. It was located right on the shore of the Savannah River:
We got back on the trolley and rode to another stop where we got off to have ice cream at the famous Leopold's Ice Cream Parlor.
It was delicious.
Another very famous part of the District was the City Market, which was our next stop. We enjoyed the little shops here:
and we stopped at one of the cafe's and had a beer while people watching.
Along with the Trolley as a method to see the Historic District, we saw these horse drawn carriages that were seen all over the place:
There were so many things to see that we had to pass up many of the stops due to time constraints. The Trolley's ran from 9 AM to 4:30 PM and it was almost 3 PM when we quit and decided to return to the car and head back home. The town is very fascinating and there are "Squares" every couple of blocks that we discovered were built as part of the original town layout in the 1700's.
It was a day well spent and was the best way for us to see as much as possible in the short time we would be here.
Today is a long leg of our trip - 311 miles - to travel to Four Oaks, NC. Our original plan was to stop in Fayetteville, but the campground where we wanted to stay was booked, so we decided to lengthen the day so that our final leg tomorrow would be shorter. The plan is to leave at 8 AM, so I better end this blog so we can leave on time. Until tomorrow...
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