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 cats I showed a picture of my very fat cat Sophie and the southern belle says in the most southern of accents "Oh mahh, that is one fat cat". A few minutes later they were taking pictures with hotel guests that would appear on the Facebook page of Savannah Tours and I said to Debby that I should photo-bomb the picture the southern belle turned around and said "Hush, that would be a very wicked thing to do". They then talked us into taking a picture with them so Debby, Melanie, and I posed with the three women and our picture is somewhere on the Facebook page of Savannah Tours. Go look, I won't.

Since we had a little time to kill before checking out, Robyn wanted to walk to a souvenir shop for more shopping. In the process we walked over and saw Paula Deen's restaurant Lady & Sons. Robyn took a picture of Debby and Melanie in front of the restaurant. Paula Deen is not one of my favorite people so I declined.



After checking out, we still had plenty of time before our flight to explore a little more of the historic district. We wanted to see the Mercer-Williams house which is where the true story that was recounted in the book and movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" took place. This house is open for tours but we chose not to go because it is still owned and occupied by the Williams family and only a few rooms are shown. The house is on Monterey Square which was the furthest from our hotel and why we wanted to drive to it instead of walk. When we go there I found a parking spot right next to the house. I did a little research on the house and found out the house was built by Colonel Hugh Mercer who was the grandfather of song writer Johnny Mercer. If you are a fan if of movies from the 50's or 60's such as "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," "Charade," or "Breakfast at Tiffany's" you will recognize his music. From the house we also walked over to Forsyth Park and took a few more pictures before heading to the airport to end our southern adventure.






This was a successful trip. We had a good time, especially Debby, which was one of the goals. There was a lot of laughing, then a few tears as we remembered Ronnie, and then a lot of laughter again as we remembered Ronnie. As far as visiting Charleston and Savannah, I recommend it, but remember these can be very expensive cities to visit. I spent as much on this week as a week in Paris or London. Both cities have historic districts that are probably the best example of the antebellum south, so they are both very historic. There is a lot to see and do.

This brings an end to the last blog I will do on Travelpod since the site is going out of business. I am sad about this; however, I will be downloading the blogs to my laptop and hopefully can successfully upload to another travel web site.