Savannah

 I’ve decided to provide this trip update in the form of a blog update … just because!

We arrived here in Savannah, GA last Saturday, a day earlier than originally planned but we were trying to outrun the severe cold front that moved south into South Carolina and even northern Georgia. We were successful in avoiding the bitter cold but we did get a bunch of rain and wind on Sunday that continued into Monday.

Yesterday was a pretty nice sunny day with a high in the mid 60s and today was even warmer into the 70s … so we got out and accomplished some sightseeing. Yesterday we visited the site of one of the original Georgia settlements when English King George II granted this area to a group of trustees and settlers arrived in early 1733. We visited the State Historic Site of Wormsloe, settled by some of these early settlers led by a carpenter, surveyor, physician named Noble Jones. The first thing you see as you enter Wormsloe in a 2 mile straight drive lined on both sides by some 400 live oak trees planted in the early 1890s.

After a slow drive down the entrance road we stopped at the visitors center for the always informative movie and a small museum … before moving on to a scenic loop walk.We viewed the ruins of the original settlement house built by Noble Jones around 1740.

All in all … a nice morning walk learning a bit of Georgia history.

Today we decided to take the Savannah Trolley Tour of the downtown Savannah Historic District. We took this tour back in 2012 during one of our first visits to this unique city and we thought it would be fun to do again. As is usual with these tours … the tour guide makes each one different and unique. Our tour guide Yule did a nice job keeping us entertained while teaching us a bit of history and dodging all the traffic! We had seen all the beautiful squares and buildings before but the narration made it all seem new.

We even got to view a good size container ship coming up the river to the Port of Savannah … that was a first!

Tomorrow we move parking spots to a different RV Park for a few days and then we will return here for most of next week. Don’t ask why … it’s a long story $$.

So that’s what’s up with us. 

I made it into shorts today but it looks like I will be back in long pants tomorrow when the high will be back in the 40s with some potential freezing rain in the forecast for tomorrow night.

Ain’t winter fun … even in the relatively Deep South!

Deja Vu all over again

So … here we are again. We managed to survive a whole day with no new RV related issues. Yesterday was spent cleaning up after my “loss of A/C” repair, staying warm, and a trip to the local grocery store to pick up pre-winter storm provisions along with all the crazy New Jerseyans.

 

This area of New Jersey received about 4 inches of snow last night. Since I am from Maine … and therefore travel with a snow shovel … I got out this morning and shoveled a path around Winne and cleaned off the truck. It was a deja vu moment as I recalled being in this campground 11 years ago when we got 10 inches of snow! Digging out from that one was much more difficult … but the same snow shovel was used!

 

This Morning …

 

11 years ago …

 

As you know, the purpose of our trip here to New Jersey was to have a short visit with our son Brian and his family on our way south. As it turns out … Brian came down with Covid type symptoms right before we left Maine and then spent 7 hours or so sitting in his truck outside a testing facility waiting to receive a Covid test. As it turned out … he tested positive and has been isolating at home for the past 5 days. Although he has been doing his best to stay away from the rest of the family, at-home type tests revealed positive results for them yesterday. Granddaughter Alyssa drove through the snow this morning to have herself tested at the testing facility and she tested negative!? Fortunately Brian’s symptoms have pretty much gone away and the others are doing OK as well. Because I had lots of time on my hands I went to the CDC website to find out what they were supposed to do with these results. I think I now know … but I’m not sure … thanks CDC for all your help.

 

Regardless … we have some items we need to exchange with them so after we give the various NJ Public Works Departments time to clean up the snow we received last night we plan on heading over to their house to do our drop offs and pick ups … outside and distanced! We love them all but they need to deal with whatever sickness they have, we don’t need to be adding to that problem, and perhaps we can visit on our way home!

 We still plan on heading further south on Sunday — y’all keep your fingers crossed!