Days 19 & 20, Savannah GA to Apalachicola FL
Trip Start
May 04, 2008
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Trip End
Jun 08, 2008
Apalachicola,
Florida,
United States
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Time Driving: 103 Hours, 32 Minutes
On The iPod: A little Indigo Girls in Georgia (note to self: next time you find yourself driving through Georgia make sure you have Ray Charles singing Georgia On My Mind) then straight Classic Southern Rock...Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, Little Feat.
Tourist Activity: Finding the Mercer House where they filmed Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil. Finding the spot Forrest Gump sat with his chocolates. Visiting Boneventure Cemetary.
Savanna Forsyth Park
Boneventure Cemetary
Culinary Experience: Well...Savannah didnt' turn out to be the culinary capital we'd hoped. The great low-country fare restaurants we'd looked forward to visitng were all full for the Memorial Day weekend...or closed. Southerners don't really care for working on the weekends. Therefore we were forced to expand our buffalo wings expertise. Additionally, we would tell you that Bob got a frozen concoction named "call a cab" that included 190 proof alcohol...but his mom reads this blog!
Wet Willies 'Call A Cab'
Biggest Disappointment: The Boneventure Cemetary in Savannah is as dripping in spanish moss and humidity as you would hope...but they moved the statue 'Bird Girl' from the Midnight/Garden/Evil movie to a museum downtown.
Wild Animals: Pelicans. However Bob is devastated that there have been no gators on the interstate.
Late Discovery: Bob doesn't read road signs...completely ignores them. Completely. Apparently he feels they're mere suggestions. Connie laughed until she cried when she discovered this...the hard way...a couple of times. How does a person set off on a 9500+ mile road trip with no interest in road signs??? Oh yeah, he conveniently brings along an anal-retentive, map-reading freak.
Opportunity? From what we've seen so far, every piece of waterfront and secondary waterfront property on the Gulf Coast is for sale. Seriously...every single one.
We are writing to you with over 1/2 of our vacation days passed and over 1/2 of our miles driven. We have passed the farthest spot we will be from home and begin our return journey. But before you feel too sad for us, you should know that we are writing this from our river view condo in our bathing suits as fishing boats and pelicans lazily go by.
Comments
Only half over?
You still have time to enjoy. Its ok--I don't think your mom is reading these. Buy some ocean front prop. You'd be the first to see the next storm roll in.
So, your Mom is not reading these, huh?
You know why Bob isn't reading the road signs? He probably can't read them. He is continuously intoxicated. Why don't you just do what I suggested and eat at the nice Cracker Barrel Restaurants along the way? They were very nice and your Grandma Jean loved them. P.S. Don't forget your sunscreen!
Love, Mom
Are my eyes deceiving me?!?!?
OMG - Bob Travis with facial hair?!?!? I've been so busy paying attention to the actual sights in the photographs that I haven't been paying attention to Bob! You are growing up before our eyes....why I remember the day when you couldnt' even....NEVERMIND! We sure do miss you here in Spokaloo!!