1298 October 27, 2025 Savannah Charm

Tim was awake very early.  I heard him get up but it was still dark outside.  I rolled over and went back to sleep.  I woke up after 8am.  It was grey and misty.  It has rained during the night and the forecast was for rain today.  Tim got all of his stretching done and he went to the gym.  He returned and e left for his walk.  I was slow moving but I finally got out there to walk.  I didn’t finish because it began to rain…just a little at first and then it really rained.  I had no umbrella.  I got wet! I tried to take shelter on the porch of the police department.

This hawk was hunting in the dunes.

The squirrels scrambled about in the branches of the live oak tree above our site.  The acorns ping against the roof at regular intervals.  Tim thinks that maybe the squirrels are collecting the acorns and carrying them back up into the tree to drop them again.  At night, the squirrels settle and the pinging becomes occasional.

We wanted to drive to Savannah today but there was drenching rain for much of the morning.  I looked up stuff to do in Savannah on a rainy day.  Because it was Monday, our options were limited.  We decided to drive into the city anyway and we took our raincoats and umbrellas.

It took a little while to find parking.  We walked toward the riverfront.  We love historic Savannah.  It is a city full of parks with fountains and huge old trees dripping with Spanish moss.  There are beautiful old buildings.  Many of the streets are cobblestone, made of the stones used as ballast in the ships that came here from Europe.  The red bricks that were used to construct many of the old houses were fashioned here in Savannah with sand from the shore and red Georgia clay.  The riverfront area has lots of shopping and dining choices.  We walked for a long time, wandering through the market place, along the river, and in and out of shops.  There was some intermittent drizzle but not enough to stop us.  We stopped for a late lunch at Huey’s and it rained while we enjoyed our meals.  The rain had abated by the time we were ready to walk back to the Jeep.

Tim saw this woman having trouble negotiating the steep and slippery steps. He ran to assist. The other day, he helped a young mother carry her baby in the stroller down the steps in Charleston. He is always quick to step up and help…a gentleman!

We had a nice afternoon…better than we thought! 

This evening was damp and chilly. We had a small snack for our dinner. Then, I sat bundled in a blanket!