The Old Proverb

As they say, All Good Things Must Come to an End - and thus ends our Wonderful, Spectacular, Warm, Inviting and a bunch of other superlatives Alabama Vacation.
We are now back in Maine, where the temperature is about 50 degrees colder than it was for us last week. So the shorts are put away, the bikes are stored and the chammy shirts are pulled out and tucked in.
So now we wait for the Maine summer to start as we plan for another trip next year.
Hope you enjoyed our blog as much as we did putting it together.
So for now - so long, farewell, adieu, aloha Good Bye.

Savannah Touring and Mrs Wilkes Chicken

Went to Savannah to eat at Mrs. Wilkes Boarding house - they serve 80 at a time and are open for brunch from 11-2PM - it is served sit down buffet style with all the fixings on the table when you're seated with 6 others. Then you pass the various bowls of stuff - the list would take way too long to list everything but the hit of the meal were the chicken. It was the best we've ever eaten - and plenty of it. 

After the meal, we waddled out and then did the El Tourista thang and hopped aboard the tour bus for the city - 15 stops and hop on and off at any of them. So we spent the afternoon playing as Bobbie Gump (see below) and ice creams to ward off the heat (93) and the coldest beers we could find. Quite a city Savannah!

Some of the line waiting to get into Mrs Wilke's

View of the altar at the catheral

Some of the dishes that were offered - they are all different 

ONe of the many backyard gardens 

The wait staff at Mrs Wilkes - man are they right!

One of the other tables - note all the dishes

BOBBIE GUMP

One of the many streets with overhanging oaks

ONe of the tankers that were heading down the Savannah River - almost close enough to touch

Super Savannah

This is a wonderful city we again realized as we wandered about last evening.  City squares with dancing fountains, live bands (Sunday night? Com'on) but unfortunately the 2 best places for Southern Fried Chicken (Paula Deens and Mrs Wilkes)) were closed. So we're back touring today.
After a bar side dinner last night, we strolled about the waterfront and downtown in mid 70's weather with only a balmy breeze to accompany us.
We plan to spend some time with a real estate agent this afternoon so that we can buy a place and move here. Should make a great place for everyone to come visit.

King size margarita

What's left of Terrys dinner

Beautiful scene at the waterfront in Savannah - sorry about the poor quality

Now in Savannah

The drive to Savannah was pretty much uneventful with one exception - the GPS had plotted a course that would avoid going onto Route 95 (which is generally horrid when snowbirds are leaving Florida) so when I went cruising by the turn at 80MPH off from Route 10 eastbound to catch that new route it was a little upsetting - especially considering one of the witches had done 95 on Saturday and she said it was a slow moving parking lot.
Just catch the next exit and go back - right? Wrong - the next exit turned out to be about 15 miles away which would have meant a 30 mile detour - instead we decided (I did) to give 95 a try and hope for the best.
It was practically empty - we slowed to 65 once but the rest of the time were being run over when we were only doing 80. So we made it to Savannah with time to spare.
As we were driving around Jacksonville however, the thermometer in the van registered 91 degrees - it has now settled back to a svelte 84.
We had also expected to have a tough time finding a place to bed for a couple days but the first place we tried (AMERICA'S BEST VALUE) not only had rooms but at a reasonable price.
So now we play in Savannah tomorrow (perhaps tonight also) and then on to Crofton on Tuesday.