May 12, 2014. left Herb anchorage

Motored past Thunderbolt anchorage and decided to not go down the Savannah River since so far and closer by bus or taxi.  Stopped at the Savannah Bend Marina, nice folks. Talked with a Yamaha motor mechanic and decided most likely the carburetor needs cleaning, so order a carburetor kit and walked into town to find a bus and tour downtown Savannah till the kit gets here tomorrow.  After walking over the bridge and into Thunderbolt, waiting 75 minutes for a bus that is supposed to go by every 30 minutes, we finally caught the bus and took a tour of the area, long tour, till we got to Savannah Historic District.  What do you want for $1.50.  Walked around downtown, the river front to see what the city dock looked like to tie up to.  Decided with all the traffic, we made the right decision to stay where we were.  Made a reservation for dinner at Lady and Son's, Paula Deen and her Son's  Restaurant downtown.  Walked around till 4:30 and had the Buffet.  Good Fried chicken, BBQ, collard greens, macaroni and cheese, zucchini casserole, great salad bar, Curt said the best Ranch dressing he's had, I loved the pickled beets and of course the biscuits, baked and fried were delicious. I had the Peach cobbler and Curt had the Banana pudding which we were way to full to finish.  Barely able to walk we made our way back to the Red Trolley to take a guided historic tour of downtown Savannah.  It was too far to make the last Trolley so he offered the Carriage Ride, which was cheaper not as long and fun.  Fun to here all the stories of the historic buildings and people.  Went by the house that was built by the lady who started Girls Scouts, where they have girl scout conventions till to this day.  Talked about General Green and how much he hated the area, the temperature, humidity and thought the Spanish Moss on the trees were ugly.  He ended up dying of sun stroke in 1786 at the age of 43, later his grave was moved to one of the squares that was a park in historic downtown Savannah.  Soon thereafter a hurricane came thru blowing all the Spanish Moss off the trees in the square(park) and to this day there is no Spanish Moss on those trees and there is always a cool breeze blowing down the street his square blocks.  Strange to see trees without Spanish Moss.  Finally we get a horse drawn Carriage Ride.  We made our way back to the bus stop, just missing our bus at 8:10pm, then had to wait for the bus that was supposed to come by at 9 pm, last one for the night.  Sat there till 9:20, asked another bus if one was coming, she said yes but she would take us to the Depot where it was lighter.  It was lighter but there was strange people there so we walked over to the Hampton Inn and had them call us a taxi.  Back to the boat after our $20. taxi ride, oh well we didn't have to walk that mile over the bridge to the marina in the dark.  Smart decision.  We plan, God laughs and directs.

 a huge Yacht in Thunderbolt Marina, had MIT Seas on the side, can you see the two people on the back of the boat, shows you how big this boat actually was.

 Other boats in this Marina

 Could get over how big this boat was.  Bob this is your boat.

 Touring downtown Savannah, this is one of the original cobblestone streets from the 1800s, stones used as ballast in the big ships coming across the Atlantic, left here in America so they could carry cargo back to Spain or England.

 History tells of this young girl waving her hankerchief at passing ships hoping one has her sweetheart on it.

 This was a huge cargo ship coming into the Savannah Port, notice the green and red rectangles are actually the size of semi truck trailers.  Amazing a boat this size can float.

 We've seen these pictures at other art galleries, thought they were quite clever.

 More cobblestone strees looking down at the water front below.

 Gold Dome sticking up between the trees, the court house at the end of Bull Street, which is the center of the downtown historic district.  Story was the Bull would stop at the court house.

This was the Historical Savannah Cotton Exchange Mason's building with the lion water fountain below out front of it.

 There were squares which are parks all over town.  Ogelethorpe had designed this town the same as Brunswick with town squares that remain as parks.  One of the town squares was where they hung people which happened to be close to the cemetery.

 Homes on Park Street were of the richer times, the more Wrought iron you had on your home the more money you had.

 Many red doors, in the 1800's they signified the homes were payed for and the banker didn't have to come knocking on the door to collect.

 Beautiful Catholic church covering an entire block.

 There was a tax on doors in their home in the 1800's so they made windows on the upper two floors going out on the balcony instead of doors.  Some towns the tax was on the width of the house, that's why the homes were so narrow.

 Soldiers camped in the cemetery during the Revolutionary War, the horses knocked down some of the headstones and some soldiers changed the date of birth on some of the headstones, silly young men.

 Beautiful architecture, carvings around the windows

 Statues in the squares of famous people but didn't always match the name of the square or park.

 Had to take the picture of a quilt in the window of an antique store.