Thursday of our vacation was spent in Savannah.I love Savannah so much! I hate that I lived so close for all of those years and didn't take the time to enjoy the history and beauty of the city. I did, however, explore the nightlife! But, now that I am old and uncool, I want to see the other stuff. I couldn't hang with the nightlife anymore! The day we went, it was hot and I mean, melt your face off HOT! But we wandered in and out of the air conditioned stores on River Street, so that helped with the heat some. We don't have a Five Guys Burgers and Fries around here, so the kids wanted that for dinner. The adults were thinking mexican and margarita's but the kids, as usual, won out. I do wish I would have run into Wet Willy's and gotten a frozen drink! That would have cooled me off! After we ate, we wandered around some of the squares and went to the 432 Abercorn house so the kids could see it in the daylight. Yep, just as creepy in the daylight as it was at night! This year, we went on a Tara Tour walking ghost tour. I do have to admit, I enjoyed the Blue Orb Tour we took last year better, but it was still fun.We didn't get too many pics of the tour. My camera just doesn't take very good night pics. One of these days, I will have one that will!
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| Me and my kiddos-this was before I got too hot! |
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| Mom and Ricky with the kids |
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| Ricky and Johnny with the kids |
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| Bry had me a nervous wreck walking around the brick and cobblestone streets of Savannah in the shoes! She didn't trip though, until she put her flip flops on later for the ghost tour. |
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| Just my 3 |
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| Best place to cool off? Savannah's Candy Kitchen! It felt great in there! And you could watch them make salt water taffy and occasionally they would toss one to you! Plus, we got free samples of the pecan pralines! Yum! Coulda stayed there all day! |
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| It was so hot that we bought fans. Johnny looked awfully pretty with his! |
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| The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist-absolutely breathtaking! Next year I want to get there early enough to tour the inside! |
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432 Abercorn Street. I stayed on the sidewalk. That place creeps me out!It is said that people's camera's have quit working after taking pics here. My camera didn't quit, however my memory card got all screwed up. On the way back to Beaufort, I was trying to see the pics I had taken that night and my pics weren't in order. They were all over the place! At first, I thought they somehow gotten deleted. We found them, but like I said, they were all over the place! Coincidence? Who knows! But, I truly believe this house is evil! Read more about it here-http://savannahghostpost.com/Abercorn.aspx
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| Ricky was more brave than I was. He actually looked through the mail slot! Not me! |
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| The Spanish Moss just adds to the creepy effect! |
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| Like I said, I didn't get any good pics of any of the houses we saw, but Johnny did get a pic of some orbs at Wright Square. Alice Riley was the first female to be hanged in Georgia. She was pregnant so, they had to wait until after she had the baby to hang her. There is no Spanish Moss hanging from these trees. It is said that Alice won't allow the Spanish Moss to grow there as a sign of her presence. I don't want to totally butcher the story so, read more about Alice Riley here-http://savannahghostpost.com/Alice.aspx |
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| This isn't a ghost story, but you know at the beginning of Forrest Gump, where the feather starts floating down? This is the church from that scene. |
Hey Heather!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed looking at your pictures! We visited many of the same sights...so neat! We were there in late-July. Our tour guide was Chris and he was terrible! Never been so disappointed! He wasn't engaging, at all, and not the best storyteller, either. We even called Tara herself (the owner) and complained. She got downright nasty on the phone and never even offered us a refund. We toured with Jenny a year ago of Blue Orb Tours and she was fantastic! The story of The Hag had me messed up for about a week so that I couldn't sleep at night. She made it so much fun and had I to do it over, again, I'd choose Blue Orb, hand's down!
I am just now seeing your comments! For some reason, they went to spam, which I never check! We had Chris for our tour guide too and he was awful! And you are right, it was a big disappointment. Especially after having Jenny last summer. I do love Savannah so much. We go to Beaufort every summer. I think next year instead of a day trip to Savannah, we are going to head to Charleston. Haven't been there yet!
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