Day 28

We spent the morning touring Savannah.  What a beautiful city.  We decided to take a guided tour, which once again, worked out well for us.  You really get a feel for the city and it's history.  While we were staying with Denise, we had the chance to see "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" which was filmed in Savannah.  This whet my appetite to see the city, something I've wanted to do since I say the film the first time.  The opening sequence of "Forest Gump" was filmed here.  The tour bus stopped and a Forest Gump impersonator got on complete with red baseball cap and box of chocolates.  He was looking for his bench, which has been moved indoors for safekeeping, as has the statue of the bird girl from "Midnight".

This was the first settlement in the colony of Georgia.  The city's historical district is about 2 square miles and there are 22 park like squares nestled in between the narrow streets.  Each square has a statue or a fountain, or both.  Many of the buildings date back to the 18th Century.  The streets are lined with live oaks and magnolia trees.  Savannah is a port city on the Savannah River.  While we were having lunch a huge container ship came steaming up the river.  It dwarfed the surrounding buildings and docks as it went by.  Looked like a scene from Gulliver's Travels.  Note to self:  must go back and spend a week here sometime.  Not in the summer though.

We fixed dinner in camp and spent a restful evening sitting around the campfire talking over our day.  Tomorrow is a big day... time to turn around and start heading west.