Charleston/Savannah

Every time Jon goes to Savannah I am sad I cannot go. I told Jon the next time he had to go to try and tell me in advance so I could take off work. Luckily he picked a date and the kids grandparents were in town that weekend too.

After waking up early I drove most of the way to Charleston. While Jon worked I read my book in the car. Eat, Pray, Love starts out a little slow but it does get better for those interested in reading it. Jon was done in no time and we headed downtown with Cupcake as our destination. We got key lime, red velvet, mint chocolate chip, and a black and white cupcake. We ate at a nice little tea shop and were on our way to Savannah.

Reading in the car in Savannah was not as nice as it was in Charleston. The sun was beating down and there was little to no breeze. I had to ask Jon to move the car and park me in the shade. Finally we were done and headed to the hotel. We checked in and headed to our room. They said Jon couldn't have his regular room because of a golf tournament and the hotel was full. They were lying as there was no golf tournament till the following weekend but our room was still awesome. A quick shower and we got ready for dinner.

Before we headed to dinner Jon had to help with a family computer emergency. I took pictures of myself making funny faces and looked at the what to do in Savannah book. We then started walking towards The Lady & Sons-Paula Deen's restaurant. We headed to the side and got a little card and headed up the elevator. We were told we would be seated at the bar. We had a little bitty space to eat. I saw a couple leaving and told Jon to ask if we could move to the table. Jon asked and the bartender said he would see what he could do. He also said they were booked until 10 and to not get our hopes up. 5 min later he came back and said it was our lucky day! woo hoo! The buffet was amazing. Green beans, Lima beans, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, fried chicken, yams, cornbread, and the dessert! Banana Pudding was super yummy even though I don't eat bananas and I always pick them out.

We walked back to the hotel and while Jon continued his computer fixing on the phone I fell asleep.

The next morning I was up early after falling asleep at 8:30-9 so I decided to look online and try to plan our day. I knew Jon wanted to hit up Tybee Island so I looked it up first. Tybee Island lighthouse-check, Tybee Island Wine festival-CHECK CHECK!. We also wanted to do a carriage/trolley ride and a ghost tour like in Charleston.

Finally Jon woke up and we headed down to breakfast. There were about 10 people ahead of us and no one was being seated. We waited, and waited, and waited some more. Finally I asked if he wanted to just go upstairs and do room service. That way we could eat and relax and perhaps we would be done sooner. So we did. The guy on the phone was rude and totally clueless. He came to the room and brought food and boy was it wrong. Not only did I not get what I ordered they decided to charge $2 more for it.

We headed off to the City Market for our carriage ride. (It was cheaper than the trolley) We bought our tickets and browsed shops until it was our time. They had the coolest candy/ice cream shop. We got to watch them batch taffy and the conveyor line that dropped it into the sales bins. After the carriage ride (Charleston was soooo much better) we went and had homemade ice cream. Jon had birthday cake I think and I had Key lime.

Traffic to Tybee Island was not as fun and we arrived later than we had planned. We had time to see the lighthouse and surrounding buildings but we wouldn't have time to do the museum. The first couple sets of stairs were fun...the last couple not so much. It was hot and we hadn't really had anything substantial to eat all day. Did I mention I am scared of heights? After making it to the top of 178 steps I was quickly ready to head down. We took a few pictures and headed down.

It was good we did the wine festival after being up so high. We grabbed our free glasses and tasted, tasted, tasted. The food stations they had set up were also very yummy. We tried a bunch of yummy moscato, a few whites, and a few reds. We were told the turnout this year was way more than last year so a few vendors were running low. we arrived later and heard earlier there was a dessert station. Jon was sad we missed it. We enjoyed the music, had a potty break, and headed home.

We really wanted to go to The Pirate House for dinner but when we arrived the wait was too long and we would never have time to eat and make our ghost tour. We decided once again on room service. We called to order and were told they closed even though the menu said open till 10. Ugh. Room service disappoints once again. At this point we had only had a small breakfast since they messed it up and ice cream for lunch, wine and a few appetizers and we had been outside in the heat all day. I blame this for not thinking clearly. I was not in a good mood. We headed to the ghost tour and were early. Because we were early we got the only chairs. :-)

Our guide showed up and we started our walk. I was not impressed. No orbs, no feeling on the back of my neck, no temperature change, and I wish there was more history told. They had EMF detectors for rent and we had a large group. One guy in the group was particularly annoying and would be clearly near an electrical source and think he was sensing a ghost.

We headed to bed and woke up early enough to try breakfast downstairs again. This time we were successful and had a wonderful breakfast. We headed back to the room and leisurely packed up our things. I love the South and later check out times.

Our church youth group is saving for a missions trip and we participated in the Rent a teen program where we donated money and rented a teen to watch the dogs all weekend. It was a great trip away but boy did I miss my babies. I had Jon text to see how they were doing while we were gone. Stoli was so excited to see us when we got home. The great thing is I think we now have a dedicated pet sitter when we want to get away. We have a over night trip to Wilmington planned and he agreed to do it again. Yay!