Savannah

Ladd was super fabulous and took a couple days off work to stay with the girls while I took a long weekend trip to Savannah, GA with a friend. It was so relaxing and fun to get away for a few days. There's a lot of history and pretty old houses in Savannah. Here are a few pictures I took...


This is down by the Savannah river, the wall in the background (behind the people) is from the days when the cotton trade was in full swing. There was a large bell that rang (like the stock exchange) to start and stop the bidding. I think they said 70% of the cotton came through Savannah. Some of those old rock walls date back to the 1750's, there are markers with the name and date from when they were constructed.



I took this picture from our hotel balcony. These HUGE ships came and went all hours of the day and night. It's truly amazing to see these ships in person. One time we were on the ferry waiting to cross back to our hotel and we had to wait while one of these passed by. Do you see how tiny the tug boat looks? They said the port in Savannah is the fastest growing port in the US.

Here's a picture of the old cotton building...

This is one of the many churches in Savannah, in fact America's first Sunday school was founded there in 1736. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism began preaching there as well. They filmed the movie Forrest Gump in Savannah as well, the part where Tom Hanks is sitting on the park bench talking to different people about his life was in front of one of the many beautiful squares there. They dropped the feather that floats down in the opening scene from the tower of this church.

Here are some of the many beautiful Live Oak trees in Savannah. There are 21 squares encompassing the three-square-mile historic district. All of the squares have huge trees, and most of them have a statue of some important person, there are lots of important people buried there as well.

One last picture of me by the River...

Another interesting story...after the Revolutionary War the celebrated war hero, Mr. Nathaniel Green moved to Savannah with his family. He was only there about 4 months when he died of heat stroke. His widow then hired a tutor, Mr. Eli Whitney to come teach their children. He is famous for inventing the cotton gin.

There are lots of other interesting tidbits but I will spare you for now. If you ever get a chance to visit I recommend going in the fall, the mosquito's were bad even in mid-October!