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| Beautiful Live Oak Trees complete with Spanish Moss in Savannah, Georgia |
Dear Family and Friends, Late Fall plus the holidays was very busy for us, and due to this crazy schedule, I am WAY behind on posting about some of the wonderful things we have seen and done. SO--bear with me today, as I go back in time to the evening of Nov. 30 and the morning of Dec. 1st to show you a little bit from SAVANNAH, Georgia.
After leaving from our terrific Thanksgiving time with George's son and family on Nov. 30, we headed to Savannah for the night.... Traffic was HORRIBLE --so we didn't get to Savannah until it was time for dinner...
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| Delicious dinner from the Sweet Potatoes Kitchen |
Once we got to Savannah, we checked into our motel. By that time we were ready to eat!!! George and I enjoy eating at local restaurants in specific areas when we travel. SO-we searched YELP for recommendations. The one we chose was the SWEET POTATOES KITCHEN.
We both enjoyed some Pecan Crusted Chicken with Sweet Potato Butter. For my veggies, I chose a Sweet Potato with Pecan Butter and some delicious cooked apples. For his veggies, George choose Corn Pudding and Mashed Sweet Potatoes... Everything was delicious --including their "famous" Banana Pudding (which we took back to the motel to eat later).
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| The Wormsloe State Historic Site, Savannah, GA |
We didn't have a lot of time before heading on to Charleston, but we wanted to see something special in Savannah which neither of us had seen. SO-- we chose the WORMSLOE State Historic Site. Noble Jones arrived in Savannah in 1733. The plantation built in 1828 (which is private) was originally spelled, Wormslow. In the mid-1800's, Noble Jones' grandson settled on Wormsloe as the standard spelling. This archway was erected in 1913 to commemorate Noble Jones' grandson's son's coming of age.
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| The picturesque roadway leading us through the property |
Seeing and driving on this amazing road was the HIGHLIGHT of Wormsloe to me.. (You can see this beautiful road as I chose it for my Blog Header Picture this month.) Noble Jones' grandson planted more than 400 Live Oak trees in the early 1890's to commemorate the birth of his son. Being here in person to see it was AWESOME....
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| We enjoyed hiking around the Wormsloe Property... This is a picture of a hardy Saw Palmetto bush... |
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| A neat area showing what Colonial Life and Living was like to those early Georgia settlers. |
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| This lady was sharing information about Spanish Moss to some children who were there visiting |
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| See me in the window? This little 'daub' house has one room, a sleeping loft, and a chimney for cooking and heating. A 'daub' house was made with a combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung, and straw.Wooden strips in the form of a lattice (called a 'wattle') are used to 'daub' the sticky mixture together... |
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| Inside the daub house --where I just HAD to check out the fireplace!!!! |
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| Jones' Narrows is no longer a strategic water channel for large ships, since the water has been directed to the Intracoastal Waterway which was created in the 1960's. Now---Jones' Narrows is inaccessible except for very small boats. |
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| I told George to get down there and pick that leaning tree up!!!! For some reason, he laughed at me!!!!! ha |
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| Some of the remains of Noble Jones' Tabby house; The 8 foot high house protected the family from attacks by the Spanish and their Indian allies --between 1739 and 1748. |
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| After our nice walk around the facility --we headed back down that amazing road as we left Wormsloe. |
Well--- that's our visit to Wormsloe State Historic Site in Savannah, Georgia.... IF you ever get to Savannah, we both highly recommend you seeing this beautiful place....Seeing the rows of Live Oaks is worth the trip!!!!!
Have a great week.
Hugs,
😁BETSY💕
