Trip to Savannah
August 26-28, 2005

Greg and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary with a trip to historic Savannah, Georgia, one of the oldest and most well preserved cities in America. 

This is Greg out front of Ballastone Inn where we stayed for our weekend. It's a delightful Bed and Breakfast with some of the best accommodations, food and service we've experienced.


Savannah's Historic district is laid out in squares with quaint park benches, monuments, brick walkways and lots of Spanish moss hanging from the live oaks.


Greg examining the Spanish moss on the live oaks


The pink house - where we ate for dinner. Some of the workers here claim the place is haunted. Seems the man who original commissioned the construction of this home didn't like that it turned out pink. It was original red brick with white stucco over the top. The red brick bled through and turned the house pink. The man wanted to tear it down, but his wife liked it.. matter of fact she liked it so well she ran off with the architect and the husband ended up killing himself and now is believed to haunt the place.


The dining room at the Pink house. I took this picture from our seat in the corner.


The homes in Savannah really don't have lawns, but
many do have elegant gardens like this one


This English restaurant was featured in the Julia Roberts - Dennis Quaid movie, "Something to Talk About." Not one of my personal favorites of the pair, but hey, it's famous, so I had to take a picture - right?


The live oaks that grace the landscape of Savannah
help give it it's haunted charm and character


The Mercer-Williams Mansion was originally built by Johnny Mercer's grandfather. The musician never lived in the house. It was purchased and restored by Jim Williams, upon whose life the book and movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" was based.


This "haunted house" (The Hamilton-Turner Inn) is now a bed and breakfast.
It is rumored to be haunted by friendly ghosts and passed through the hands of the cheerful rascal, Joe Odom, featured in the movie/book "Midnight in the Garden of Eden."
Disney modeled the "Haunted Mansion" after this house.


Marnie and Greg in the gardens at the birthplace of 
Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts of America


Savannah has so many beautiful churches of varying denominations. 
This is St. John the Baptist's Cathedral.


Tybee Island (Atlantic Ocean)


Fort Pulaski - built during the American Revolution


Marnie at the drawbridge and moat of Fort Pulaski


View from on top of the fort wall at Fort Pulaski. The mounds have cement tunnels inside of them in which they stored ammunition and attacked invaders.


Marnie by one of the cannons on the top of the wall at Fort Pulaski

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