When Josh first started interviewing for his job in Georgia, I started looking all over the internet for things about Georgia. I found some images that were so gorgeous and most of them happened to be in Savannah. I have wanted to visit Savannah since moving here, so this year for the boy's spring break from school, we decided to do a little visit.
The drive was a little over 4 hours, so when we finally reached Savannah, we headed to a park to let the kids burn some energy. They got roped into being the official pushers of this swing, but got a lot of rides too. They would pile on as many kids as would fit and then push it sky high. I have to be honest I was pretty nervous, but the kids would laugh and scream and they all had a great time.
I couldn't get over the amazing trees and how funny it was that they all had moss growing all over them. It is literally hanging off of everything and was totally gorgeous.
In most of the pictures, you will see Josh on the phone. He was slammed at work, but was still a good sport and came with us anyway. The poor kid had a lot going on.
Forsythe Square was our first destination to see this beautiful fountain and let the kids play.
AS we walked around, this man called the kids over and they watched him make an angel fish out of palm tree leaves.
He was sweet and gave the fish to McKay.
That night we went to eat at The Pirate House. I expected this to be pretty cool, but it was even better than I had expected it to be. The food was amazing (especially the fried chicken), and the history was so fascinating.
The Pirate's House was built in 1753 and had a lot of the original stuff in it. There were so many stories and cool things about it. You can read some of the history here.
The boys loved that on the kids menu there was also a bunch of things they could use to dress up like pirates.
We had some pretty great get ups going on.
The mustaches were a little too big for McKay's tiny nostrils...
Lincoln found a few uses for the mustaches.
I think the boys made good lookin' pirates.
After our dinner we got to get a tour from this blood thirsty pirate. You better believe that the boys wanted to hear any story of ghosts, pirates, blood, secret passageways etc. They were hanging on his every word.
The boys are looking into an underground tunnel that was discovered in The Pirate's House. They had head a water telling that this restaurant was one of the most haunted buildings in the U.S. and they were just waiting for something to happen. They were dying to go on a ghost tour, but I'm pretty sure we aren't ready for that yet... We learned that there are underground tunnels all over Savannah. They boys at that point were ready to set of exploring for themselves.
Funny enough, my shy little McKay is the one who took to the pirate the most. He was dying to tell him all of his stories.
After dinner on a recommendation from Josh's mom, we headed for Byrd's Cookie Company. We got to sample cookies like Key Lime and Georgia Peach. In the end we ended up buying a bag of toasted pumpkin cookies. They were scrumptious!
There was awesome architecture everywhere. Awesome cobblestone streets, random brick walls all over that looked so old. It was so neat being in a city this old with this much history.
We took our cookies and went down to the Savannah river to walk along and see the shops and boats on the river.
There were quite a few ships like this huge one in the picture. Up close they were just massive!
We got to check out a United State Coast Guard ship and see the Coast Guard getting everything organized and ready to ship off.
We also enjoyed looking at this WW II Memorial. Our first day was pretty amazing in this gorgeous city!
