Savannah

This morning we journeyed back into Savannah for a little more touring around. We parked near Forsyth Park, 10 acres that was dedicated as parkland back in the 1850's. There are so many green spaces in Savannah - it is beautiful. In the park and all over the city are these massive oak trees with limbs sprawling all over. There are also some of the biggest magnolia trees I've ever seen. We have magnolias in Texas that I thought were big, but some of the ones in Savannah were as big as oaks! Walking through the historic neghborhoods in the city, we saw some beautiful architecture. I'm not sure what the style is called, but there is a lot of brick with big windows and a lot of iron gates, railings, and huge scroll brackets that held up balconies. Many of the houses had courtyards, which I loved. I decided that I'm doing one at the house we build someday:). My grandmother used to have a courtyard at her house and it was so peaceful. It is an area that had either brick or concrete floors, planted areas on the sides, or potted plants sitting around, and many times a fountain. many have little garden spaces in the middle that are divided up by boxwood hedges. Some have little statues too. As you can tell, I'm in love with courtyards:) Check with me in 10 years to see if I have one:)

After walking down many streets and through many parks, we went back to the car to make our way to the Georgia-Florida border. On our way down, we got gas and stopped at an outlet mall. I was down to two pairs of jeans for the trip, and then got a hole in a conspicuous place, so it was Gap time. I found a great pair for $20, can't beat that. From there, we stopped at the Visitor's center for Brunswick and Cumberland Island - the area we were headed. I was really interested to get some information on the Cumberland Island, because they have wild horses there and I've always wanted to see wild horses:)