I’ve never heard much about Savannah, Georgia, so didn’t know what to expect from the city.  I camped on the outskirts overnight, and then headed into the old town, or historic district, in the morning to look around.  It wasn’t easy to find parking, but I finally got a spot on one of the squares.  It was a cool and drizzly morning, so I found myself a coffee shop and wandered the streets sipping my coffee.  There are numerous squares in the old part of the city, and each has a wonderful park, with statues, benches, and weird twisted trees.  A perfect place to drink a lazy latte, as it turns out.

This one picture just about sums up how I found Savannah… galleries and shops, odd trees, statues, a tram, and cobbled streets.  The whole place had a very genteel, and yet down to earth, kind of feel to it.

The trees, though…. they were positively eerie in some places.  It made me wonder what Halloween night was like in the city!  They must do wonderful ghost tours here!

I descended the embankment down ancient steps to the waterfront, and the cobbled street that ran along the shore.

I wandered into the quaint shops there, and actually did some early Christmas shopping since the things there were so unique.

There were several paddleboats moored to the pier, but unfortunately none were going out in the time that I was going to be in town.  If I come back here someday, I think a dinner cruise along the Savannah River would be an ideal way to spend a hot summer evening.  Sipping mint juleps on the deck, perhaps…

There was also quite a spectacular bridge across the river, with a picturesque paddleboat beneath, nicely contrasting the modern and the traditional.

I also discovered this World War II memorial, titled “A World Apart,” along the foreshore.  Perhaps the recent election and it’s aftermath are still occupying my thoughts, but the divided world seemed very symbolic.  The inscription stated that the memorial was to honor “all the veterans of Chatham County who gave their lives to retain the freedom of the United States of America, and saved the world from tyranny.”  May gentle places like Savannah always be free from tyranny.

Savannah is definitely worth a longer visit, on a sunnier day.  The city had a lovely feel — sleepy yet active, modern yet traditional.  Mmmm… mint julep…