Recently, with the infusion money that came in with the Olympics in 1996, a lot of building was done on the waterfront, with a trade center built on an island across the river. 
We rode the town's free shuttle down to the waterfront today to 
have lunch and a bit of Chatham Artillery Punch at the Shrimp Factory. We "shopped" along the River walk, past the waving girl statue. This woman waved to all boats what went by for 43 years. We took a ride across the river to the trade center on the town's "Savannah Belles" ferrys.
have lunch and a bit of Chatham Artillery Punch at the Shrimp Factory. We "shopped" along the River walk, past the waving girl statue. This woman waved to all boats what went by for 43 years. We took a ride across the river to the trade center on the town's "Savannah Belles" ferrys. 
I like the architecture in Charleston, SC with many of their homes being built before 1800. Savannah had the 
advantage of being settled almost 50 years later. It is such a beautiful setting and many homes were built of solid stuff like bricks, stone, stucco. The town was laid out with 21 tree-filled sanctuary squares which are still in place today (makes traffic a bit challenging navigating around them). There are many beautiful homes in the historic area. With the live oak trees hanging over the roadway and the Spanish Moss* hanging off the branches, it is such a romantic feel. Here are a some pictures of a couple homes we passed today.
Really think that I should have read "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" before we got here. Will put it on my "must read" list. From what I have read it is a true-crime novel with lots of eccentric characters.
* Spanish moss was named by the French explores because the moss looked like the Spaniard explorers' beards.
