11/23 to 11/28/05
Savannah is a beautiful city and very interesting. It is credited as being America's first planned city. James Oglethorpe sailed from England and landed along a high bluff in 1733. Oglethorpe laid the city out in a series of grids that allowed for wide open streets intertwined with shady public squares and parks that served as town meeting places and centers of business. Savannah had 24 original squares with 21 still in existence. The River Front is built down about 20 feet or more below the city. Several blocks of businesses of all kinds including many eateries are established in old original buildings. It is a fun place to shop…and eat. We saw sail boats, Cruise ships, huge tankers, tug boats, pleasure boats and more on the Savannah River. The city of Savannah is very old and continues its old traditions but get away from the “old town” and it is a modern city with everything every other modern city has. There are strip malls on almost every corner and 2 large malls. One of them had a Bass Pro Shop. We had a great time visiting Savannah.
Monday, November 28, 2005
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
11/22
We are making our way this morning to Riceboro, Ga. which is south of Savannah. We have reservations in a campground there for 6 days. We are trying to time our arrival in Jacksonville about the second week in December. This campground is next to a river so should be a nice view. Who knows, Gene might even go fishing. The road we are on now is pretty much flat land with quite a few trees. It is a sunny day and is going to be warmer than the past few days. The weather forecast from Atlanta for tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, is for 69 degrees. That will be very nice. We are passing by cotton fields and lots of groves of pine trees to be harvested. The prices of gas are all over the possible range. We paid $1.77 this morning at Wal-mart with our Wal-mart card. However we just went by stations charging $2.07. We just passed some cotton fields which have not been picked yet and some pecan tree groves. Besides Georgia peaches the state is also known for their pecan crop. Now we just passed a grape vineyard. In a very small town we just passed through they have a huge plant that processes chickens. We have not seen any chicken farms though. There is much evidence of recent harvesting of pine trees. We can see seedlings in every stage of growth. This definitely is big business in this area.
We are making our way this morning to Riceboro, Ga. which is south of Savannah. We have reservations in a campground there for 6 days. We are trying to time our arrival in Jacksonville about the second week in December. This campground is next to a river so should be a nice view. Who knows, Gene might even go fishing. The road we are on now is pretty much flat land with quite a few trees. It is a sunny day and is going to be warmer than the past few days. The weather forecast from Atlanta for tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, is for 69 degrees. That will be very nice. We are passing by cotton fields and lots of groves of pine trees to be harvested. The prices of gas are all over the possible range. We paid $1.77 this morning at Wal-mart with our Wal-mart card. However we just went by stations charging $2.07. We just passed some cotton fields which have not been picked yet and some pecan tree groves. Besides Georgia peaches the state is also known for their pecan crop. Now we just passed a grape vineyard. In a very small town we just passed through they have a huge plant that processes chickens. We have not seen any chicken farms though. There is much evidence of recent harvesting of pine trees. We can see seedlings in every stage of growth. This definitely is big business in this area.
Monday, November 21, 2005
11/18 to 11/21
We had a good time in the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg Tennessee area. There is every kind of shopping imaginable there including 3 outlet malls. Also the typical tourist shops. We saw three “As seen on TV” stores which have all the stuff you see advertised on TV. It is not at all hard to find a place to eat!! They have every kind of food you could possible think of. The shows do not have well know performers but we did see three very good Christmas shows. Two of them had very inspirational productions of the birth of Christ and the awesomeness of our Great God. We did take a drive up into the “Great Smokey Mountains National Park”. We took a few pictures but not of the fall foliage as most of the leaves were gone. There is a road that goes up to “The Dome” which is the highest point in Tennessee but the road was closed for the season and for repairs. Yesterday it was raining when we got up and still raining when we went to bed. So we pretty much stayed at home. We did go out in the evening for a trolley tour to see the Christmas lights. The windows were so fogged over in the trolley car we could not see much. This morning we are on the road again. We were in rain for a short time, then spitting snow. Then we begin to see snow up on the tops of the hills. Now it is spitting snow but not sticking at all. We see some break in the clouds now and then but it is mostly overcast. We are heading for Savannah, Ga. And hoping the weather will be better there. The leaves have mostly fallen from the trees but once in a while we pass an area of trees that are a dark burnt orange color and they sure stand out. It is still snowing off and on, a very fine snow that doesn’t even show up on the ground. We will be glad to see sunshine if that ever happens. Now we are in a mountainous area and climbing quite high. Just above us we can see they had freezing rain overnight and it has covered everything. A groundcover, Cutzue, (spelling) covers large areas of the land. It is kind of pretty in the summer but very ugly when it dies off in the fall. It is nearly impossible to get rid of once it gets started. As we come into Athens, Ga. the sun is finally shining. It is so good to not have moisture coming down on us. We are making a “pit-stop” tonight at the Wal-mart in Thomson, Ga. Hope we don’t freeze to death.
We had a good time in the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg Tennessee area. There is every kind of shopping imaginable there including 3 outlet malls. Also the typical tourist shops. We saw three “As seen on TV” stores which have all the stuff you see advertised on TV. It is not at all hard to find a place to eat!! They have every kind of food you could possible think of. The shows do not have well know performers but we did see three very good Christmas shows. Two of them had very inspirational productions of the birth of Christ and the awesomeness of our Great God. We did take a drive up into the “Great Smokey Mountains National Park”. We took a few pictures but not of the fall foliage as most of the leaves were gone. There is a road that goes up to “The Dome” which is the highest point in Tennessee but the road was closed for the season and for repairs. Yesterday it was raining when we got up and still raining when we went to bed. So we pretty much stayed at home. We did go out in the evening for a trolley tour to see the Christmas lights. The windows were so fogged over in the trolley car we could not see much. This morning we are on the road again. We were in rain for a short time, then spitting snow. Then we begin to see snow up on the tops of the hills. Now it is spitting snow but not sticking at all. We see some break in the clouds now and then but it is mostly overcast. We are heading for Savannah, Ga. And hoping the weather will be better there. The leaves have mostly fallen from the trees but once in a while we pass an area of trees that are a dark burnt orange color and they sure stand out. It is still snowing off and on, a very fine snow that doesn’t even show up on the ground. We will be glad to see sunshine if that ever happens. Now we are in a mountainous area and climbing quite high. Just above us we can see they had freezing rain overnight and it has covered everything. A groundcover, Cutzue, (spelling) covers large areas of the land. It is kind of pretty in the summer but very ugly when it dies off in the fall. It is nearly impossible to get rid of once it gets started. As we come into Athens, Ga. the sun is finally shining. It is so good to not have moisture coming down on us. We are making a “pit-stop” tonight at the Wal-mart in Thomson, Ga. Hope we don’t freeze to death.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
11-4
We are enjoying the beautiful fall colors here in Tennessee. I wanted each of you to see some of the pictures we have taken. We are also enjoying our time here with our daughter and husband, Jackie and Steve. Tomorrow we are taking them to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg which is very much like the Branson area in Missouri. They do not get out much and we hope they will enjoy it. We plan to be here another week or so and will make a trip in to Knoxville just to see the city and what is there for us to see and enjoy.
We are enjoying the beautiful fall colors here in Tennessee. I wanted each of you to see some of the pictures we have taken. We are also enjoying our time here with our daughter and husband, Jackie and Steve. Tomorrow we are taking them to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg which is very much like the Branson area in Missouri. They do not get out much and we hope they will enjoy it. We plan to be here another week or so and will make a trip in to Knoxville just to see the city and what is there for us to see and enjoy.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
11/2 and 11/3
As I write this we are about 75 miles west of Memphis. We are seeing lots of cotton fields that have recently been cut. The cotton bails are quite large…bigger than a hay bail. They almost look like a covered trailer sitting in the field. We also have seen some rice fields. Most have been cut but we saw something different back a ways and decided that is what it was. The altitude here is less than 100 feet according to our GPS. It is very flat and mostly crop land. We are just west of Memphis now on I 40 and there are actually more big trucks than there are cars. I have never seen it quite like this. We are planning to stay in Memphis for a couple of days. We wanted to revisit Mudd Island River Park but found out when we got to Memphis it is closed for the season….just 2 days ago. The river walk is a permanent outdoor exhibit of the Mississippi River. It is a scale model of the lower Mississippi River from its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico. The model features twenty scale maps of river cities; panels showing the river’s major tributaries; concrete wedges showing smaller tributaries; engineering structures and bridges; and 68 free standing text panels that detail particular locations on the river. At the south end of this exhibit is a swimming pool which is the Gulf of Mexico. We may go to Beale Street for some food and music too. We are staying at T. O. Fuller State Park. It is heavily wooded. On Thursday we went to the “big city” to explore. We started out at an upscale mall, had lunch, and did some shopping for clothes. We each picked out some bargains. Then we did go to Beale Street. We walked up and down to see the sights and to decide where we wanted to eat. We picked a restaurant that also had live music in the evening. The music was to start at 6:00 and it was only 4:30 so we did some more sightseeing. We went to Peabody Palace which has several shops plus several places to eat and a very large movie theatre. It has a center court yard which was quite beautiful. We rested there waiting closer to time to eat. When we went back to the restaurant we were told the music did not start till 7:00. We decided to ride around on the trolley which went by some areas we wanted pictures of so that was nice. Check out this plate of food we ordered: Cajun Feast for Two…. A combination of Shrimp & Crawfish Etouffee, Championship Gumbo, Blackened Catfish, VooDoo Potatoes, VooDoo Chicken and Fried Green Tomatoes. We were there until 7:45 and the music never did start. Bummer. However we did hear some music along the street on our way back to our car. Tomorrow we will be leaving and will stay one night at Walmart before arriving in Morristown, TN where our daughter, Jackie and husband, Steve live.
As I write this we are about 75 miles west of Memphis. We are seeing lots of cotton fields that have recently been cut. The cotton bails are quite large…bigger than a hay bail. They almost look like a covered trailer sitting in the field. We also have seen some rice fields. Most have been cut but we saw something different back a ways and decided that is what it was. The altitude here is less than 100 feet according to our GPS. It is very flat and mostly crop land. We are just west of Memphis now on I 40 and there are actually more big trucks than there are cars. I have never seen it quite like this. We are planning to stay in Memphis for a couple of days. We wanted to revisit Mudd Island River Park but found out when we got to Memphis it is closed for the season….just 2 days ago. The river walk is a permanent outdoor exhibit of the Mississippi River. It is a scale model of the lower Mississippi River from its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico. The model features twenty scale maps of river cities; panels showing the river’s major tributaries; concrete wedges showing smaller tributaries; engineering structures and bridges; and 68 free standing text panels that detail particular locations on the river. At the south end of this exhibit is a swimming pool which is the Gulf of Mexico. We may go to Beale Street for some food and music too. We are staying at T. O. Fuller State Park. It is heavily wooded. On Thursday we went to the “big city” to explore. We started out at an upscale mall, had lunch, and did some shopping for clothes. We each picked out some bargains. Then we did go to Beale Street. We walked up and down to see the sights and to decide where we wanted to eat. We picked a restaurant that also had live music in the evening. The music was to start at 6:00 and it was only 4:30 so we did some more sightseeing. We went to Peabody Palace which has several shops plus several places to eat and a very large movie theatre. It has a center court yard which was quite beautiful. We rested there waiting closer to time to eat. When we went back to the restaurant we were told the music did not start till 7:00. We decided to ride around on the trolley which went by some areas we wanted pictures of so that was nice. Check out this plate of food we ordered: Cajun Feast for Two…. A combination of Shrimp & Crawfish Etouffee, Championship Gumbo, Blackened Catfish, VooDoo Potatoes, VooDoo Chicken and Fried Green Tomatoes. We were there until 7:45 and the music never did start. Bummer. However we did hear some music along the street on our way back to our car. Tomorrow we will be leaving and will stay one night at Walmart before arriving in Morristown, TN where our daughter, Jackie and husband, Steve live.
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