Well, we've had a good trip so far. We made it to Mobile. Then Rocky had us on the road the next day! We've spent most of our time in Florida.We spent a night in Destin, St. Augustine, and 2 nights by Jacksonville. The guys have been doing some golfing. We stayed at the Sawgrass Marriott by Jacksonville and they golfed on the famous 'Players stadium golf course' there. That was a big deal to them, but my favorite thing was this morning when we went on a trolly tour of Savannah, Georgia.
What an old town with flavor! Big beautiful Oak trees lining the streets with tons of Spanish moss hanging off of them. The old town was planned in the late 1700's. They started with a town square- which was a square park with houses surrounding it. They eventually ended up with 24 squares and all of them had a beautiful park in the middle. Today there are 22 squares, but they are all wonderfully preserved. Most All of them have the originally built homes around them. But of course, a lot of them have been remodeled inside and re-painted outside.
I was so impressed. It was like going back in time. Then all of the old iron fences and iron work on the houses! A lot of it is 150 + years old !
There was soooo much history. I was also surprised to hear of all the movies that were filmed there. One that sticks out is ' Forrest Gump'
They showed us the spot in one of the park squares where he sat on that bench talking to people throughout the movie.
So now we are driving back to Mobile. One more day there with Rocky. He says we are going to 'the Shrimp fest' at gulf shores. Yea, I love it.
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