Historic Savannah!

We arrived in Savannah on Monday and have settled in nicely at River's End RV Park, a quaint little Park on Tybee Island. It's located about 15 minutes from downtown Savannah, so history and great food are close at hand.

We enjoyed taking one of the hop-on/hop-off bus tours today to get a feel for the city. We enjoyed lunch at The Pirate's House, but as we suspected, no visit from the resident Ghost. However, we did enjoy way too much of the buffet. With too many restaurants to choose from, we are planning to visit Lady and Sons for lunch or dinner while we're here. If the name doesn't ring a bell, it's Paula Dean's restaurant. Nancy is a huge fan and enjoys watching her on the Food Network. She has one of her cookbooks, but we try not to use it too much because every recipe calls for a stick of butter and a cup or two of sugar. We enjoyed dinner last evening at Uncle Bubba's Oyster House on Tybee Island. You see, Uncle Bubba is Paula's brother. The oysters and fish were very good, but after Lady and Son's were planning to sample some other good cooking in the region.

We promise there will be more on Savannah later. In the meantime, take a look at some photos we took down on River Street and in the City Market area. Click here.

TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Wow! What a week and what an absolutely gorgeous golf course. It has been completely redone, including an fantastic new club house. It is huge, it is spectacular and it will absolutely take your breath away.

For some time we've wanted to attend a major golf tournament and watch Tiger Woods play golf. It was a great experience. To see so many pros play golf in person is just fantastic. We really had a great time. The weather certainly cooperated, and although Tiger wasn't in the running for the trophy, we still had an exciting finish!

To see the pictures we took during the practice rounds click here.

Meeting New Friends

You often hear the best part of RVing is meeting new friends along the way. There is no more true statement. We enjoyed meeting our "camp neighbors" Jim and Maxine last evening - sharing travel stories, life experiences and grilling steaks.

Jim and Maxine are from Palatka, Florida and have retirement in their sights. Maxine is in real estate and Jim is a Barber. They just took delivery of a new 5th wheel and were getting familiar with the way everything works. (Boy can we relate!) They were in Jacksonville visiting their son (Matt, a Jacksonville policeman) and their daughter (Melissa was in town for a friends wedding, she lives in Los Angeles and works in HR, her boyfriend is also a policeman).

Even though Jim was on vacation we put Jim to work cutting Joe's hair Sunday morning. We keep an emergency pair of clippers on hand for "buzz cuts" when we can't find a barber. Joe looks much better - thanks Jim!

Free haircuts aside - we had such an enjoyable evening getting to know each other, teasing the kids and sharing laughs. We have to get together with Jim and Maxine again...I'll get to work on that!

Touring the Port in Jacksonville, FL

There were some interesting festivals going on this weekend in the Jacksonville area. Shrimpfest in St. Augustine, and Tall Ships were in port at Jacksonville Landing. Newspaper and TV reports were encouraging folks to get out experience all the happenings, so we took their suggestion and headed for the Tall Ships.

Saturday was a great day - lots of sunshine and puffy clouds. Jacksonville has a port on the St. Johns River for commercial and personal use. As in most major cities there is much to see and do - lots of people milling about and enjoying the festive atmosphere, arts and crafts and food, as well as re-enactments of early settlers arriving by ship in the area. A live band was playing and we took a "free tour" of the port on the local river boat. It was a nice way to spend the afternoon.

To take a look at pictures of the boats/ships and the area surrounding the port click here.

It's a Jungle in the City

When you're in Kathryn Abby Hanna Park you feel as though you're in a jungle. Located in Jacksonville and city owned, the park is 450 acres in size and has 293 sites for tents and RVs. Rustic cabins, over a mile and a half of beach access and a 40 acre fresh water lake, not to mention 20 miles of biking and hiking trails, a water playground and several dry playgrounds provide for a variety of activities. The beach is very different from the white sand in Destin as it consists primarily of broken shells of every type. It's easy to walk or ride your bike for miles and we've spotted dolphins in the water every day since we've been here. To see more of the park and the beach Click here.

To see our photos CLICK HERE.

Dinner Cruise in Destin, Florida

It's always fun when you are on the water. We had some strong winds and the seas were too rough for the boat to go out on the Atlantic, so the boat cruised Destin Bay the entire evening. The sunset was pretty and we enjoyed seeing all the boats that were docked at the wharf. There was a private yacht show going on - and yes, there were some lovely boats out there.
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