Savannah, No photography allowed.

We just extended our stay here at the Red Gate Farm RV “Park” for another day because there is just too much to see in the Historic District in Downtown, Savannah and we only saw half the places we had (have) on our MSL (Must See List). We took the Old Town Trolley Tour today. It should be noted that there are several tour companies to choose from and we only went with Old Town because they offered a free shuttle from our RV Camp. Their “tour” is 90 minutes of riding on the (not air conditioned) trolley around the historic district. The tour has 15 stops along the way where you can get off and onto the trolley. We chose to do the whole 90 minute tour so we could decide which stops we would make on the second on/off pass. Our tour package included the 90 minute tour, unlimited on/off stops, and three “museums.” The museums were the Telfair Museum, the Owens-Thomas House, and the Jepson Center. We did the first two and blew off the third.

Our primary reason to come to Savannah was to see the city where the movie, “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” was filmed. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119668/) The movie, which is NOT a horror movie even though the title makes it sound like one, is one of our favorite movies. It stars Jude Law, John Cusack, Kevin Spacey and “The Lady Chablis”. It is a gentle mystery film that highlights the many characters of this interesting town. If you haven’t seen it, put it on your bucket list.

OK, now the kicker. The central prop in the movie is a statue of a young girl called the “Bird Girl.” It is now in the Telfair Museum and THEY DO NOT ALLOW YOU TO TAKE PHOTOS OF IT! I was livid! They even have a docent of substantial girth and weight (you don’t wanna mess with that lady) standing next to it to keep people from sneaking a photo. They say it’s the wishes of the owners who have lent it to the museum. I say since the $#&%# thing stood in the open in a cemetery from 1936 to 1995 that it should be considered to be in the public domain and I wrote a scathing comment in their #@(*#^ guest book.

We had lunch at The Pirate House, a collection of really old structures, one of which is said to be the oldest in the city. The food was good, the atmosphere funky, and the family with the two kids left shortly after we arrived. I had a BLT sandwich that was made with fried green tomatoes that I think was delicious. At least that’s what Cheryl said after she ate it for me. From the Pirate House we walked down to the River Street Shops. Whoooo Boy! They gotta a lotta funk there! If you need funk they got it. We each, separately, without telling the other, bought a “Bird Girl” medallion for our Been There Board. Great minds, eh! By this time it was 3:30 so we caught a trolley and the company returned us to our RV Park.

Tomorrow we are going to drive into town and park the truck in the trolley company’s free parking lot and then use the remaining day’s time on our tour passes to see the Forsyth Fountain, the (Johnny) Mercer House, and the Cathedral of John the Baptist. Then Cheryl wants to drive over to Tybee Island Beach and get her feet into the Atlantic again before we head inland toward Birmingham, Alabama.

More tomorrow?
John Kelso, Mandy Nichols, Jude Law, and The Lady Chablis