Savannah (City Docks)

Tuesday, October 7, 2014
32 04 889 N
81 05 361 W

Up early today so we could catch the tide up the Savannah River. Savannah is a busy port and traffic on the river was quite amazing - we passed (or were passed by) 4 huge container ships in one hour period.

Seems to be headed this way!

At the ready

In the USA we drive on the right side

After a bit of confusion we found the City Docks and secured Tide Hiker. We are the only boat on 300' of riverside floating dock. We are in the epicenter of the tourist area, alongside River Road.

Tide Hiker docked on River Road (You can see she is a chick magnet!)

We tidied up the boat and headed ashore. These days when we visit a "large city" we head for the tourist welcome center and take a ride on "Lolly The Trolley".

First on board!

The tour lasted a good couple of hours and we learned all about Savannah. Most of this I forgot immediately, except:

1. "Jingle Bells" was penned here

2. Savannah sees over 12 million tourists per year. Wow!

Back to the boat for lunch and a read.

This giant lady passed by as we were eating lunch

Wednesday October 8, 2014

The big ships passing our door continue to amaze me.

We looked this one up - 108,000 tons!

This morning Deidre headed off to tour a couple of the historical homes, and I headed out to explore the city on my bike. It was another perfect weather day. Throughout the summer and on weekends other times of the year a "tram" provides transport for tourists along River Street. I found it in its shed and immediately recognized it as a Melbourne tram! Back at the boat this afternoon I Google'd it.

"To provide streetcar service a 1930s-era W5-class streetcar (#756), originally from Melbourne, Australia, was purchased by the city for about $207,000 "

We visited our favorite "tea house" for lunch. Very pukka! In the photo if you look closely you can see my pinky finger in the proper position. They even had scones and jam and cream.

Deidre's two houses: