We spent the first half of the week in Savannah. Saturday we went to a flea market that was in
old buildings that looked like former plantation slave quarters. Lots of junk for sale. Monday we went back to the historic area to
tour the Owens-Thomas House and the Telfair Museums of Art. Then we had lunch at the Pirates House, a
building from the early 1700’s that is said to be haunted. Robert Louis Stevenson referred to it in “Treasure
Island” as where Captain Flint died, but the server said there are also
children that haunt it at night. We
finished out our time in Savannah at the Georgia Railroad Museum in the old
station and train yard. It rained both
days, but we didn’t let that stop us from enjoying our time in that beautiful
city.
Wednesday we drove the hundred miles north to Charleston,
South Carolina. We started our visit
here on Thursday with a city tour. The
90 minute tours give you a good overview of the city’s history and main
historic sites. Charleston is known for
its many beautiful churches, which each have an old cemetery beside them. We also checked out the city market to look
around the shops. Today we went to Fort
Sumter, site of the first shots of the Civil War. The fort is on an island accessible only by
boat. Although the Confederacy took it
from the Union quickly in 1861, the Union spent almost two years unsuccessfully
trying to retake it. So its original
three stories were battered down to only one story. The brickwork is original, but shows lots of
damage from the war years. We’ll be here
till the middle of next week, then move into North Carolina, weather
permitting.
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Georgia Railroad Museum |
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Forrest Gump bench in Savannah museum |
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Savannah Cotton Exchange |
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Pirates house |
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Savannah's Forsythe Park |
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Charleston style house |
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Charleston shopping district |
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approaching Fort Sumter |
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a Charleston church |
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inside Fort Sumter |
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