We were up and ready by 8 the next morning. Natali’s throat was really bugging her so we stopped for some cough drops. She must have caught Emma’s cold because she was sick the rest of the trip. It slowed her down a lot and was a bit of a bummer – just glad she wasn’t sick for the amusement park days; head colds and rides don’t mix.
Four and a half hours later we were at the beach. We did a tricky change in the car and headed to the sand. Within minutes we spotted dolphins right off the shore. There was a whole group of them breaching so close. They swam around right in front of us for about 20 minutes. We made video after video trying to catch them out of the water as evidence to send to the fam. We hadn’t expected that, so it really made our day. (we got lots of videos but no good pics). The dolphins moved on while we soaked up the sun till the heat became too much- relieved by a dip in the cold water.
The murky water was impossible to see through. I was a bit weirded out when I stepped on something strangely smooth and round. Later a fisherman caught two Horseshoe Crabs solving my mystery steppingstone. These animals are ancient and fascinating. We watched them dig and crawl back to the water when the man released them. Pelicans swam in groups near the shore, and we found a beautiful jellyfish on the beach. This trip wasn’t meant to be an animal trip, but we scored- amazing animals and an incredible beach.
We walked down the beach till our meter ran out. We drove into Savannah and checked into our hotel, The 17hundren90 Inn. It was a fabulous old building famed to be haunted. After we both showered the foggy mirror revealed a secret message, “I see you”. I was cracking up; Natali was fast asleep, so she missed it. The building was originally a single-family dwelling but was turned into a boarding house in the 1900’s so they but hallways on the outside of the building and created rooms accessed by the hallway. Thus, some of the rooms have windows to the hallway; we had the privilege of such a room. So quirky.
We found a uniqe Cat Cafe - you pay a fee to come in and pet adoptable cats while you drink your coffee. The place was closed for the day but through the window we could see several cats sleeping and wandering around. We had to send a video to the kids.
We walked around, exploring the city and river front on our way to our dinner at the Ordinary Pub which was far from ordinary. We had to try fried green tomatoes, pork belly on donuts, and the waffle gyro. Everything was tasty but dessert wasn’t tempting so we stopped for some pecan pie on the way home. On our way out of the restaurant I felt a cold sore coming, so we stopped at a drug stop and I found some miracle medicine that kept my cold sore at bay. Natali was pretty exhausted so went home and read till bedtime.
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