Today our flight is not until 4:30 in the afternoon which gives us time to hang out in Savannah for a little bit longer. Debby and I went down to have some breakfast and started conversing with some women who were with Savannah Tours and were dressed in antebellum period costumes; a matron, a southern belle, and a servant. They were a lot of fun especially the southern belle because she almost over-acted the southern accent. We were showing them pictures of our c...

Today was a beautiful day in Savannah. The layout of the historic district is pretty simple--it is like a giant rectangle. All the streets are perpendicular to each other. The district is made up of 22 squares, essentially small parks named for a person or area. Robyn wanted to tour the Owens-Thomas house and it was only a few blocks from the hotel. Savannah advertises itself as the most haunted city in America, and almost every old house or building has a ghost ...

Remember yesterday when I said it could only get better--well I lied. At 6:30 in the morning the construction crew on the Westin next door began working, I should say hammering. I was already up and sat out on the balcony because the rain was gone and it was a nice sunny day. Then Robyn got up and asked me if I had called the front desk to extend our check-out to the late time of 11 am. When I called they told me in a pleasant southern voice, sorry but all the la...

We woke up this morning to a sunny sky, so it looked to be a promising day when we got to Hilton Head. However, as we were driving from Charleston the sky darkened and then we hit the rain, and more rain, and more rain. By the time we got to our condominium on Hilton Head it was still raining and the pools and beach were closed. Melanie's 33rd birthday is today, but she had been having a sharp pain in her lower abdomen for the past 36 hours. After checking in it ...

The only plan for today is to go to the Edmondston-Alston house. Robyn was still holding out hope that a plantation could still be visited, but I don't think it is in the cards. We finally got up and moving and made our way back down to East Bay Street where the house is located. It was supposed to rain today so we had a couple of umbrellas with us. When we got to the Edmondston-Alston house and paid for the tour we found out that photos could only be taken of th...