Day Four... Savannah, GA

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More Tybee Island... by way of boat

The first island we stoped at while kayaking.

Driftwood. There was a horsefly chasing me so we didn't stay long.

This one is for you Susan!

A lighthouse in the middle of the water. (actually it was high tide and the land was under water)

Kayaking!

The private beach (stop 2)

After several hours of touring the waters and shores of Tybee Island Jeremey and I went to the most crowded beach I have ever seen for a hot dog and Ice cream on the pier. Wish I had my camera to show you how many people were there.

We are both burnt and sore... See you tomorrow! Our last day

Day Three... Savannah, GA

Fort Pulaski.... Cockspur Island, GA

Little Jeremey and Big Fort

Cannon damage

At the drawbridge

View from the top of the fort.

This place was huge!!!!
(I must say that I did a great job with these pictures. Can't tell that there was a large group of loud middle school kids)

Cannon aimed at the Savannah River

A Georgia Beach Pier (Tybee Island)

River street night life. This whole strip (about 2 miles long) is shops, restaurants and bars. In Savannah you can walk the streets with alcoholic drinks! So we did just that.

Savannah's Smiles Dueling Pianos Saloon. This place was awesome! The girl in the black spaghetti string tank top was going to get married and is from West Virginia. I have never in my life seen any kind of dancing that her and her friends were doing. I wonder who she is marrying?

Day One and Two...... Savannah, GA

All the streets have these beautiful live oaks with hanging moss shading them.

Got caught walking in the rain on our way to the the Distillery.

One on the many squares in downtown.

"Real Life"

Mercer Williams house from "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". We took a tour of the inside but was not allowed to take pictures. The left ground floor window is the room where the murder took place....and we were in it. Inside was mostly oil paintings and artifacts.

Typical housing. Many share walls and side strips (back yards).

Just a beautiful home.

A normal street view. They are all this beautiful.

The Waving Girl. She sits on River street and greets all the incoming and outgoing ships.

One of the many fountains in one of the 21 squares.

The "most haunted home in the US". Jeremey's favorite home we have seen yet.

Relaxing in the square with the sound of people buzzing by on their lunch break and street musicians.

Old Fort Jackson, 1808
(in the rain again)

Inside the fort walls. There were alot of "cubby holes" with stuff in them. I actually thought that this fort is better than St. Augustine because you can wonder all over this place...No closed doors.

The Barrel room. This is Coopers room (love you kiddo) Look real closely and you can see that the barrels were made by woodhouse.

Cannons on a fort....who would have guessed?

Count Down to Vacation

Savannah, Georgia
5 days!!!

Wekiva River Basin State Park

Wednesday Jeremey and I spent my "spring break" his "day off" at the beautiful Wekiva River Park in Apopka. It was even more that I thought it would be!
We arrived at the park about 8 am and wondered around for a while waiting for the canoe rental to open. It was about 20 degrees, or at least it felt like it. Later on, during the hike, the temperature got up to about 80 or so and then I was really missing the cold shade. But I can report minimal sunburning. (It is nice when you come prepared)
We spent the whole day at that park we went up the river a few miles (at a rate of 1 mph) then went on a brisk 4+ mile hike.
On the canoe it took me about an hour to calm my nerves of the fear of what may be lurking near by. Poor Jeremey was just itching to adventure out of the boat and onto dry land but I was just scared. Needless to say I eventually "grew some" and we got to explore a tiny island. We will definitely be returning to see the other half of the park. Yes, all day and we really didn't even touch the tip of the iceberg of the activities Wekiva has to offer!
So here are a few of the pictures I most enjoyed, those there are tons more!

Wekiva River 9am

There were a hundred or so canoe's (So glad we go there early, when we first set out it was so peaceful like we were the only people in that world. On our way up stream, heading back, we ran into 20 or so people on their boats!) The early bird get the calm waters...

The river is just littered with these beautiful Lilly buds.

This river was so clear you could see everything around you. (11am)

Trees and foliage were untouched and breathtaking.

Then there was the hike. Being that we were at a basin the hike was at times up hill and dry, other times it was down hill and lush. There was sand, dirt, roots, mud, leaves and wood laying at our feet. Needless to say this was quite a workout.

There were a lot of trees that have fallen to the earth. This one looked burnt.

I thought this was a cool looking root.

This is a funny story. We attempted to get a good picture of ourselves on our long adventure, there were a few mishaps.... sweat in the eyes, people driving by and a bee that seem to become our "adventure buddy" buzzing around our heads. So here is the best picture we could capture. You should see the other ones, there pretty funny looking.

The hike was to a destination to called Sandlake. So here it is. Very serene.

Possum head. Ha Ha!

The effects of global warming.

A boy and his bridge.