The Chronicles of Joshua and Rachel's Honeymoon Adventures: The Fourth Day

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     Here's my soundtrack for our day in Savannah

Baby
I've spent my life wonderin',
Wonderin' when I'd find you
I searched for all these years
And now you're right here
And I need you to know that

Everything makes sense when you're with me


On Wednesday we woke up in Savannah. My favorite thing about this leg of the trip was the motel we stayed in. The Thunderbird Inn is billed as the "hippest hotel in Savannah," and we agreed! It is a retro redo of a 1960's motel, and they really made it look the part. It was bright and colorful, and I was in hotel heaven! When you checked in they offered you popcorn, and they sold little keychains that looked like the old-timey hotel keys, complete with "if you find this key drop it into a mailbox." Joshua got me a yellow one with our room number on it as a souvenir. Cute! Here are some pictures, because it's hard to describe the grooviness of this place.

Joshua was not too thrilled about the Auburn colored room. War Eagle, sweetheart!

They had moonpies in the room!

Cuteness in the shower

Alright, enough about the motel. On to Savannah! We had gone on a 90 minute trolley tour the night before when we got to Savannah, so we had some ideas as to where we wanted to go on the second day. We could hop on and off the trolley to get to numerous different places around town. Savannah is only a mile wide, though, so we ended up just walking from site to site a lot, too. (Side note, I don't think it makes much sense for me to see a "site" in my "sightseeing," but that's what Joshua says is correct. And I trust him.) From time to time, costumed actors would get on the trolley and tell a story about one of the notable characters in Savannah history. Below you see the beloved Forrest Gump. Here he was asking if the seat was taken. My fellow passengers were a lot nicer than the boys on Forrest's first bus ride.

 

We also saw Johnny Mercer, Catherine Green, and Eli Whitney. I was the only one in the group to get excited about Eli Whitney. Most of them were yankees and hadn't taken Alabama history. Their loss, I guess. Caty Greene's story was fascinating, and she ended up being one of my favorite characters from Savannah. If you haven't heard of her, check out the link above.

Of course, being two good Methodists, we had to visit the statue of John Wesley and see where he had spent time in Savannah. It was interesting to me that he really didn't like living in Savannah at all. After he fell in love and had his heart broken, he was so miserable he went back home to England. Soon after that, he had his "warm heart" episode, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and started the movement that we now know as Methodism. So that period of time where he was very unhappy was actually very instrumental in shaping not only John Wesley's life but also the lives of many people after him. Inspiring!

Joshua getting preaching advice

We had some decent food and some disappointing food. The shopping was pretty good, although we thought antique prices are much more reasonable in Hartselle. We walked a LOT and saw a LOT and came away at the end of the day with a good feel for the city of Savannah. Really all we had time for on this trip was taking in the atmosphere of the places that we visited. Maybe in the future we can go back and get more details on the history of this great city.