Touring Savannah and Going to Charleston Air Force Base

April 9th - Party Cloudy 70 degrees

After another night of rain, it started to clear up Lou and I decided we would take a chance and drive down town Savannah and take a tour of the city.  We were in luck, we got tickets on the Gray Line which gave us a continuous 90 minute tour of the city.

We started at the Savannah Museum of History which was a wonder and across the street was the Railroad Museum, which we didn’t get a chance to see, but will do the next time we are there.

It took us past some beautiful homes in the historical part of the city, many of which we had seen when we were walking with Casey and Ali on Sunday; however, it was nice to hear the narration that went along with the tour, but he gave us so much information, I can’t remember all of it.  The Telfair home was interesting and beautiful.  It also had a museum that went along with it.

Many movies have been made in Savannah.  Six Pence Inn -
Savannah is the  birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, which is the founder of the Girl Scouts.

I was doing great taking pictures, when all of a sudden my battery went dead, so that was the end of my picture taking.

That evening  we met Casey at The Pirates House, which is located at the end of Casey’s block.  It was opened in 1753 as an Inn for seafarers and fast became a meeting point for bloodthirsty pirates and sailors from the Seven Seas.  Stories still persist of a tunnel extending from the old rum cellar beneath the Captain’s Room that led to the river through which men were carried unconscious, to ships waiting in the harbor.  Indeed many a sailor drinking in carefree abandon awoke to find himself at sea on a strange ship bound for a port half a world away.

The food was fantastic and we were careful not to drink anything in our iced tea!!

The next morning we left for Charleston Air Force Base arriving there about three hours later.  This is the only base that we come into that our RV must be x-rayed prior to passage into the gate.   Once again we were able to get a site and this is a new Fam-Camp as of three years ago and we looked forward to being here and have decided that we will not return to PA as soon as we thought, have heard that the ground is still frozen at home.

We leave here on Saturday and go to Onslow Beach on the Atlantic.  Great beach to find sand dollars.  We always liked to take Estee there, as they had a doggie beach and you can hang your laundry outside!!

Our Day with Casey - Savannah, GA

April 6th - Sunday - Rainy - Cooler 59 degrees

We have spent the day with Lou's grandson, Casey and his girlfriend, Ali.  This is a picture of the outside of his apartment located in downtown Savannah.  It is a darling apartment, that has so many homey touches.  He has made treasures from his home in Pennsylvania and from both of his grandparents homes.  His parents have just brought him treasures from his home town school and Lou and I helped him get a book case in place.  His mother had gotten him some Ole English Polish and I went over the book case and when we finished it looked pretty good.  Casey and Ali put books in it and decided a few objects that Casey had not placed in his living room would look good over the book case.  All in all a pretty neat apartment.  Lou and I were pretty impressed.

The views from his windows were wonderful.  The court yard is wonderfully maintained.

The Courtyard

Even in the rain today, the Courtyard looked inviting; along the side of the circle there were flowers in bloom.

 Azaleas 

Going up the steps to Casey's apartment are beautiful red roses in full bloom.  The fragrance was delightful.

The beautiful red rose

Up the stairs and into Casey's apartment.

Combination dining/living room

You can see the bookcase to the left prior to the placement and the cleaning and polishing.

This is just one end of his huge kitchen

The kitchen is huge and I found it interesting that all of his appliances are gas, even his A/C unit is powered by natural gas.  He has three huge windows in the kitchen with mini blinds that he really doesn't need to use, as he is surrounded by beautiful trees and birds.  His  parents have given him feeders that he is going to mount outside of his windows.  We brought bird feed with us so I told him when he comes over tomorrow night I would send some home with him.

After we chatted for a while we walked over town and had breakfast and took a look at Savannah, but did it quickly as it was raining!!   Tonight we ate at Fiddler's Crab House and enjoyed some southern sea food.

Tomorrow Ali and Casey have to work and Lou and I are going to look around.  We are next to a Bass Pro Shop and I want to visit that and see the Museum, as usual the time will go quickly and once again, it is supposed to rain.

We certainly enjoyed our day today and look forward to another day with Casey and Ali.

 

Hunter Army Airfield - Lott's Island - Savannah, GA

April 5th - Saturday - 89 degrees -

We left King's Bay this morning at 10:30 am.  It was a beautiful day yesterday, we hurried and got the laundry caught up, which took us until 3:00.  I fixed us a barbecued pork sandwich and a strawberry daiquiri and we went outside in our sand chairs and enjoyed our books and the sunshine and the view of the lake and the birds.

Wood storks

These Wood Storks stayed all afternoon while we enjoyed watching them.  There was also an alligator that came up a little later in the late afternoon, but I didn't get a picture of him.  After we had enough of the sunshine, we visited with the folks next door that were from New Jersey then we went for a walk.

The Lake

Isn't it a beautiful lake?  When we were here in February, we didn't walk all around the lake.  This time we walked around the side of the lake that we didn't before.  It truly is a beautiful area and we did hate to leave to move on this morning.  Next year we will book this spot for a longer length of time.

Our site for tonight and for four days

This is our site here at Lott's Island at Hunter Army Airfield.  We were delighted to get a site, as when we stopped here on our way south, there was nothing available and we dry camped one night and like I told Lou, God was looking our for us then also, as if we had stayed we would have been caught in the ice and snow.  As it was we left and escaped the storm.

We are going to a Museum here that is in memory to the B-17 Bombers and the 8th Air Force.  I have been reading the series written by Sarah Sundin of Wings of Glory that pays great tribute to the great bombers and the pilots and crews that flew them.  I have read six of the books and have loved everyone of them, so really want to see the museum again.

Our neighbor, is a sweet gal that works on the base, greeted us as soon as we pulled in and gave us a map and told us some need to know facts; has her car parked at the rear of her 5th wheel and I noted cardinals attacking her mirror.

I remember my mother telling us that she used to have a pair of Cardinals that kept pecking at her kitchen window.

Female Cardinal

We are looking forward to our time here, we are supposed to have thundershowers this evening and tomorrow and to be truthful, our RV and our car need to have the pollen washed off of them.

 

On Our Way Home - Stop at Jean's, Daisy's and at King's Bay

April 3rd - Thursday - King's Bay, Georgia - 88 degrees

We arrived here at 3:30 today, and it was hot all of the way along from my sister's in Live Oak.  When it starts getting close to 90 degrees, I know it is time to head North, but from what we are hearing, it isn't time to be back in Wellsboro yet!

The picture above is from our campsite in Leesburg, FL, this is the park we decided on from our Passport America Book.  A club we belong to that we can get our fee for 50% off, knowing that we would be there just to stay overnight, we knew that our friend had moved so we didn't know how close this would be to her new home, as it turned out when we put her address into the GPS, we were only three minutes from her home.  Was perfect and our campsite was beautiful, this was the view from our window only three RVs there and so quiet, would have loved to have stayed longer, but my sister was expecting us the next day so we moved along on schedule.

Jean and Lou and her dog (Angel)

After we left Footloose Marina and RV Park we drove to my sister's house near Live Oak, I was dreading this trip, as last year we got lost and had a very difficult time finding her, so once again, I put her address in our GPS and this time we drove right to her door.  I am always amazed at the huge fields of hay, peanuts and pines that grow around her and huge herds of Holsteins cows.

Just a few of the large herds of Holsteins cows

Daisy's yard is just full of flowers and flowering bushes and so many birds.  Yesterday we all sat of the back deck and just enjoyed the flowers, birds and her dog, Lacy and enjoyed talking the day away.  Made Lou and I realize just how much we missed Estee, as Lacy is so much like our late Estee.

Lacy

Some of the side yard

Lou and Daisy always enjoy getting old school pictures out and looking through them.  They went to school together and had many of the same friends and always want to catch up of their where abouts.  There aren't a lot of them still alive.

Daisy and Lou

There had been a new addition to Daisy's family since we were there last, she has a new cat and the mama cat has two new kittens and that was a new experience for me, I haven't been around kittens in a long time, so had to  have pictures of them also.

Baby kittens

The mama was outside when I took this picture.

Mama Cat

We left Daisy's house around 11:00 this morning with a new quilt in our arms, such a beauty that has been hand quilted with her tiny neat stitches that she is know for, promising to see each other next winter and call often.  Times always passes quickly, but is always so good to spend time with her and have a home cooked meal with her.  She and I share books with each other also, so had to bring more home with me that will be delighted to jump into!!

We have a Lake Front site here at King's Bay and are enjoying the view and tranquility of the peaceful site.  Tomorrow will get caught up on laundry and hopefully some time to soak up some rays of sunshine.

Our GPS quit at Daisy's and I called them on our way to King's Bay and they told me we will have to mail it back for new soft ware, so the rest of our journey will be Lou's way with maps!!

Our View from our front windshield x two days