Amelia Island Day 1

Left Savannah later then planned, wish we had more days there, will have to go back. We arrived at Amelia Island late afternoon, so decided to go see the historic cemetery, then the beach.

 This is Bosque Bella Cemetery meaning "Beautiful Woods" circa 1798.

  Stayed at the Old Schoolhouse Inn where I had stayed some years ago.

SAVANNAH Day 2

 While Bob was in neat old bookstores, I was at the Colonial Park Cemetery.  I love the cemeteries, so quiet and historic, it really takes you back in time. 
 

Lots of ferns  

                                                                     Lots of Spanish Moss

Then I wandered the streets just gazing at all the wonderful homes.  Some like this one, really reminded me of the French Quarter, all the pretty ironwork.

We only stayed in Savannah two days. If we had spent the whole time there, we would have loved to go to the museums. This one houses The Bird Girl from the Bonaventure Cemetery which I did not have time to go to and became famous in the novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. It became so popular, it was moved from the cemetery to the museum.

These homes might be my favorite.

  Savannah was so awesome, we want to go back and really spend some time there, but in the winter!! On our way to Amelia Island and the beach for the next few days.

SAVANNAH

 

May has been a very sad month. We lost both our chows within a week to cancer. The house was so empty. This is the first time in 40 years we have not had a dog, and we just had to go somewhere, anywhere to get a break from the grief. 

We had been to Savannah decades ago, maybe a day just passing through and didn't remember a thing about it. With only a four hour drive, we thought it would be a great place for a long weekend, even if there was a heat wave passing through. I tend to go to the beach and other hot places in the winter, but the big vacation we have been planning in Canada just wasn't going to happen since we have to get our passports renewed.

We stayed down on the riverfront, and it was the perfect place to be. Easy to walk all the different historic areas and along the river with lots of restaurants and lots of action.

We had a really nice dinner outside on the river, a great Mexican restaurant with really good frozen margaritas.

    We did a lot of walking despite the 104 temperature. There was a breeze though!

This was inside the Starbucks.

Bob needs a haircut lol.

Beautiful buildings everywhere.

And Spanish moss in the live oaks everywhere. I LOVE the Spanish moss!