Savannah, Georgia

Leaving Charleston was a wet affair. The night before, it rained. The ground all around the trailer was flooding a little bit.

A little bit of water didn’t stop us because we were heading out to Savannah, Georgia.

We found some more leaks but put a bandaid over them and continued on our way.

Once we got to the campground in Georgia, we saw the Spanish Moss on the Oak Trees. It was beautiful.

The next morning, we went into town! We parked and decided to stop at Chippewa Square. Parking downtown was very doable compared to other downtown areas.

Chippewa Square is where the famous bench scene from Forrest Gump is staged. There isn’t actually a bench here though. And can I just mention the Spanish Moss on the Oak trees, again?

It was one of our favorite things in Savannah.

This was one of twenty-two squares in Savanah. There were so many squares! It gave the town a quaint southern feel.

We saw the steeples of a church close by and thought we would check it out.

The building was beautiful. We couldn’t go inside since there was a service happening but it was stunning.

We then headed to the City Market but stopped at a little coffee place for some fuel. We thought we’d try something different so we got a mocha at Coffee Fox. The barista even did some art with the foam.

Once we got to the City Market, we were a bit underwhelmed. It wasn’t brimming with shops like we expected.

We continued on to the Riverwalk.

If you’re finding yourself in Savannah with some time, this is something we would recommend. It was quite a walks away but worth it. We had to go down some historical (uneven) steps but it was still great!

There was even a World War II Memorial.

Jared found his favorite store on the Riverwalk. They were handing out samples of Pralines and they were amazing!

We might’ve gone back the next day for more samples.

We decided to have a couple of drinks at Pour Larry’s Bar near the City Market. Jared tried a dark vanilla beer that the bartender recommended and he thoroughly enjoyed it.

I tried a Proper 12 with Coke since Conor McGregor just came out with his new whiskey.

We had a relaxing time hanging out and playing some Connect 4. We’ll just say that one of us was a winner.

After our drinks, we headed back to the campground. We decided to eat dinner and relax before heading back to town for our Ghost Tour.

The Spanish Moss draped on the trees above gave the night a scary feeling.

There was a good group of people on our tour. One couple even brought their very sweet huskies! They made the tour even better. The ghost tours were informative, entertaining and even funny at some points. Overall, we had a great time walking around in the dark.

It was a little scary walking around town at night but we enjoyed the beautiful weather and then headed back to Aljo.

The next morning, we went back into town for our tour of the Davenport House. It was built in 1820! It was on Columbia Square.

We got to take our tour of the house with one of their guides. It was definitely an interesting house. The wall paper in some of the rooms were elaborate.

The Historic Savannah Foundation wanted to restore the house to give a more authentic experience for people with the period wallpaper and furniture.

The architecture of the house was different than what we’ve seen before. There was a door underneath the staircase that kept getting smaller.

The garden was beautiful!

It wasn’t just the Davenport House that took our breath away. The architecture and historical buildings were beautiful to just walk by.

After touring the Davenport House, we decided to take a walk. We also wanted to see Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park so we started to head over. We walked through more than a handful of squares and there were weddings at a quite a few of them. The exception being some type of fundraiser where a band played while people purchased local goods like honey.

We sat at a bench for a while just soaking in the atmosphere of Savannah. The weather was amazing and sunny.

We got to the Forsyth Fountain and it was beautiful. There were so many groups of people taking pictures all around the park. 

There were multiple statues and monuments within the park which were interesting to see.

We walked down to the other end of the park where the tennis courts were located and watched some people practicing. They were really good!

We ended up walking back to the Riverwalk and spending some more time there. Jared had to stop at the candy shop one more time for some free samples.

On our way back to the car, we saw a whole bunch of food trucks. We thought we would stop and try a “World Best Peach Cobbler”.

It did not disappoint.

It was a nice little treat before we left for Atlanta the next day!