The Easy Path

Well the forecast in Savannah is gray with a good chance of rain for the rest of the week. Which is good or bad depending on how you look at it. Good that it does keep the temperature down to around 80 - not like the fall like temps that we are having back home. I was kidding with Adam that we will probably bring this back with us and create a couple more days of summer. On the other hand it is bad when most of your sight seeing is done on foot. Today we headed downtown Savannah to do a little walking around and start seeing some of all the historic buildings down there. We had just started on a foot tour when the skies clouded up and it got dark. So we raced back to the vehicle and headed to the beach. Tybee Island to be exact. There is a lighthouse there that is the tallest and oldest in all of Georgia. I do want to stress the word TALLEST. 178 steps to be exact, but who is counting? Oh yea, me. Up every step all the way to the top!

I did have my own cheering team that consisted of my husband laughing at me and reminding me that there was a family with young children that will catch up with us if I went any slower. His exact words "Get out of Granny low and kick it up a gear." Of course it was said with love.ha. I am getting ahead of myself though. These pictures were taking the first time we pulled into the lighthouse. As you can tell the weather is not cooperating with our vacation and the lighthouse was closed due the inclement conditions. The tour guide said that it has been hit before by lightning and they do not take any chances. So we snapped a couple shots outside and then headed to the beach.

The water on the other hand had no problem with the weather, it just rolled right with it.

The birds had no problem with the weather, well maybe a little bit. I did see a couple having  trouble flying into the wind. They stayed mostly perched.

The beach had no problem with the weather. It didn't mind not having anyone on it.

My hair did have a problem with the weather. No matter how much product you have on it, fine hair does not withstand wind and drizzle.We went out on a pier and that was neat to see the ocean hit against it and how high we were standing looking out over the edge. There were several people fishing on the pier.

The guy on in the blue denim shirt had just caught a baby shark. I know my picture does not show it very well. There was signs posted everywhere that you can not keep sharks, so the guy had to cut it loose and let it go. This picture is him cutting it loose. He is standing behind the wood pillar cutting it loose.

So after we left the pier there was a break in the weather and we headed back to the lighthouse and sure enough it was open so we hurried and I do mean hurried up the stairs wheezing, hacking, and coughing (mostly me) to the top of  it before another storm blew in. I do have some beautiful pictures taken from the top of the lighthouse but those are on my other camera which is located in my vehicle which is hopefully located at a nearby Starbucks getting a Pumpkin Spice Latte. My treat for being such a trooper. Adam was probably right to push me, as soon as we stepped out of the lighthouse they were closing it again cause another storm was blowing in. The real treat tonight was where we dined at. Wait for it.....

 Lady and Sons owned by none other than Paula Deen. We made reservations earlier today for dinner tonight. The building her restaurant is in is so neat. This is another side of it. I am literally falling in love with all the buildings down here.

 We had the buffet which had fried chicken, pork loin, collard greens, green beans, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, and rice. It all was so yummy. After one trip both Adam and I were stuffed. But not enough to turn down dessert. I had a peach cobbler that I can't even describe it was so good and Adam had banana pudding which I when I asked if it was good got a head shake "yes", so all was wonderful.  It seems like all we have done this trip is eat. The proof is in the pics.

Adam goes every picture we are in has food in it. I guess he is right. The southerns just know what is important in life, sweet tea and fried food. If that is the culture I have to get accustom to while I am down here then I will just have to make that sacrifice. So here is to another great day on vacation. It seems like we have seen and done so much and have only been gone 4 days. We are sightseeing downtown Savannah tomorrow and then heading to Charleston S.C. Much more to do and take pictures of. Stay tuned and please say hi to my new BFF (Best friend forever, for those of you that do not know a teen, text, or generally don't keep up with lingo's)

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