Enjoying Georgia

On Friday morning the weather did improve and the trio of boats left the Bull Creek anchorage. We motored across the Savannah River and went into the Herb River to anchor for the night. The last two trips on the ICW we bypassed stopping in Savannah. Our plan this time was to definitely spend a couple of days exploring the city. There is a dock right in downtown Savannah to stay at, but it is 8 miles up the river, and we couldn't be sure that there would be space for the 3 boats there; so we stayed at Hogans Marina on Turners Creek for a night. We hadn't touched land for 5 days when we arrived at the marina! We all took the local bus ($1.50) into Savannah for the afternoon, and celebrated my birthday with a lunch out at The City Market Cafe. We bused it back to the marina and ended the night with cake and ice cream on "Passages"! On Sunday, we went to The Isle of Hope Marina (we had wanted to stay here for the 2 nights, but they didn't have room). Spent the afternoon doing laundry, and other boat chores; then borrowed marina bikes and went to the Wormsloe Plantation, nearby to check it out, with Mo and George. Very beautiful spot. It was built in 1737 as a country estate for British colonist, Noble Jones. Today only the remains of the original tabby house are left. That evening, the six of us, used the complimentary loaner car, a Honda Odyssey, went to dinner at the Driftaway Rstaurant; very good, and then went into Savannah to enjoy some live music, dancing, and people watching at a couple of bars. A good time was had by all!