ClaireKitzmansAdventure: Savannah GA and St. Augustine FL

11//05/09

Savannah GA
32°04′52″N 81°05′28″W

Well, It’s time to leave Fernandina Beach, I think I did all there was to do, and I’m starting to feel sad to leave all my new friends behind, but I promised to keep in touch.

We had to go pick up our new crew member, Devereaux Trepp at the Jacksonville Int. airport, so we rented a car for the day. Devereaux’s plane did come until 11pm, so we decided to kill some time and take advantage of the gasoline powered engine, rubber wheeled, enclosed vehicle and took a short trip and visit Savannah GA.

Talmadge Memorial Bridge (Eugene Talmadge, who served as Governor of Georgia in 1933-37 and 1941-43)

WOW. I really like the architecture on River Street. We didn’t get a chance to get all the way downtown, due to our tight schedule, but I think I saw enough. I visited a few squares, which are just like mini parks, with lots of statues and historical explanations in them. On River Street, there was a river walk, with signs explaining the history.

A park/square

Photo of all the parks highlighted green.

The SS Savannah was the first stream ship to cross the Atlantic.

I also really enjoyed all the cobble stone streets, i thought the tires on the cobbles sound a lot neater then on regular pavement.

Reclining Salad, picture taken while walking on River Street.

neat

I never did catch the name of this building, but check out the dome on it!

This building was completed in 1867 when Savannah ranked first as a cotton seaport on the Atlantic and second in the world.

or tour the town in a trolley, which would have been nice, but we didn't have enough time (Savanna is very big!)

11/06/09

St Augustine FL (1589)
29°53′39″N 81°18′48″W / 29.89417°N 81.31333°W

St Augustine was founded in 1565, by Spanish Admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. And went under a few different flags (Spanish, British, and American) and became the oldest continuously occupied European established city.