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| A long, long time ago (June) we took a trip down the East Coast to visit two beautifully scenic and popular destinations -- Savannah and Charleston. We had heard a lot about these destinations, but we had never visited the area. We split a one week vacation between the two locations, starting in Savannah and ending in Charleston. We had researched both areas and it seemed that many people preferred one location over the other. It's difficult to truly "know" a location after just a few short days, but our first impression favored Savannah. We would visit both cities again without hesitation, but we found Savannah a little more in-line with our tastes. It's a smaller town (which we prefer) and our impression was that the people seemed more friendly in general. Both locations were wonderful to visit, and both have unique aspects to draw appreciative tourists.
In Savannah we walked around the town a lot and we took a couple of the very informative bus tours. We spent time on and around West River Street. We shot a bunch of pictures of the nearby bridge (Talmadge Memorial Bridge). We visited Tybee Island and spent a day swimming and relaxing at the beach there. It's a nice beach area, but the water is a bit turbid from the outflow of the nearby rivers. We visited the beautiful Wormsloe Historic Site to see and photograph the iconic live oaks that overhand the roadway there. We visited the Bonaventure Cemetery and spent hours walking about there. We also met up with one of Hali's old friends and had a wonderful dinner downtown with her family. Savannah weather in June is about what you would expect -- hot and humid. But we knew it would be and we were okay with that. One potential down-side of visiting Savannah in June is that there are hundreds of Girl Scouts visiting at that time. The founder was born in Savannah and hoards of girl scouts descend upon that location in June for their annual mecca. It isn't too terrible unless you happen to get behind a large group at the ice cream shop, or if you have them running screaming down the hotel hallways at night. We did similar touristy things in Charleston. We took a horse-drawn carriage tour. We visited the ocean communities at Sullivan's Island, the Isle of Palms, and Folly Island. We briefly visited the Magnolia Plantation. We walked around the French Quarter and the Waterfront Park. We even went to the Aquarium, and had a nice time there. We know there are a few other popular destinations in this area, and we may visit those places during a future trip. There are so many places to see! We hope you enjoy the images that we have shared on this page. Happy trails, Mike & Hali |
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