SAVANNAH / Monday thru Thursday, March 15-17 (Days 53-55)

Tuesday, me and the other ladies took the Courtesy Car (which is a HUGE plus for boaters) to run errands. They dropped me off at a hair salon while they went to Walmart. I was getting "bushy" as Mike so nicely told me. But I was way overdue, just had not been in a place long enough to get it done. It turned out pretty good. I can live with it until we make a quick trip home the end of April.

Mike washed the boat because the pollen is HORRIBLE! He said we had a yellow stream running down the boat. You would no sooner wipe it off and there's more. Very frustrating. He had also been having some issues with Garmin, so he spent quite a bit of time on the phone with them. He had to download an update and it takes FOREVER to do on WIFI at marinas. He finally did it overnight and all worked out. That's part of the reason I can't keep this blog too current. It takes forever to download photos. So I either have to do real early or real late, (sorry Casey, ;-}).

We had tacos for dinner and watched the Lighting. Thank goodness for Direct TV, we don't have to miss a game.

Coast Guard "Eagle"

Gun Boat!

Wednesday, six of us went on a 3 hour open sided van tour of historic Savannah. Our guide was very knowledgable. He has been a guide for 24 years, so he knew his stuff. Dates and names just flew off his tongue. He even changed his voice when he was in character for the times. We made a pit stop on River Street and saw the Coast Guard Boat "Eagle" arriving. We figured they were here for security for the parade tomorrow. The guys were fine for about and hour and a half. Then started to get antsy. But they muddled on because they were looking forward to eating at Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House for lunch.

"Garden of Good & Evil" House

Gingerbread House

 

                     Smallest house in Historic District from 1800's

War Eagle house! 

Whoa, do they put on a spread. They are only open from 11 to 2 and you have to wait in line. We got there around 1:30 so the line was not too bad. You sit family style, with other people and the food is already on the table. All comfort, country food. Fried chicken (not as good as we had in Brunswick tho), meatloaf, stew, greens, limas, black eye peas, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, rutabaga, mac and cheese, green beans, creamed corn, boiled cabbage, baked beans, tomatoes, squash and okra mix, dressing, muffins and banana pudding. I may have left some out, but it was wayyy more than enough. Needless to say we did not eat any dinner. Instead we watched Bridge of Spies with Tom Hanks and had popcorn.

Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House

Family style comfort food

A bit o' the green

Thursday, was St. Patrick's Day, the main reason we came here. Just so happened that our timing was right and we had been told on several occasions we had to be in Savannah on St. Patty's Day. We were going to do a limo, then we were going to rent cars. Then we finally decided to Uber in as close as we could. We also heard the Uber fares would be higher than normal, but we did not think they were too bad, because it all worked out perfect for us. We stayed way south of the crazy area around River Street. It started to rain and luckily we found a building with a covered porch. It was also perfect, because it was a two story and we could stay out of the rain and have a better view of the parade! We must have had a bit of the Irish luck today. 

Our 2nd story viewing perch

Supposedly this parade is 4-5 hours long! We watched for about an hour and a half and decided if you've seen one parade, you've seen them all. Been there, done that, bought the T-Shirt.   But hey, when in Rome...We then took Uber to Driftaway Cafe for lunch, which is near the marina. Another fine meal. Mike read and napped and I worked on the blog. We had docktails on Morningstar, cereal for dinner and watched the Lightning game.