Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
March 16, 2016
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After spending just one day in Savannah, Georgia, I can honestly say this city spoke to my soul and begged me to come back and live here forever. Honestly, I think I could easily live here for the rest of my life and be entirely happy, which says a lot because there are very few places I admit I would like to stay forever.
Mostly, every place has its ups and downs and I'm not ready to move there. Savannah is a place that I could stay. That I would stay.
Savannah is the oldest city in Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. It was established in 1733 on the Savannah River. The city became the British colonial capitol of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capitol of the State of Georgia.
Forsyth Park is the largest park in the historic district of Savannah, Georgia. The park covers 30 acres of land and is a hub of social interaction. Concerts, recreation sports, people watching (one of my favorite things), sunbathing (one of my least favorite things), reading, and relaxing. All these things can go on simultaneously at Forsyth Park, depending on where you are in the park and when it is. We know this, because we saw it all on our one-day visit.
Forsyth Park was laid out in the 1840s. William Hodgson donated the land for the original space. In 1851, John Forsyth, the 33rd Governor of Georgia, donated an additional 20 acres, bringing the total size of Forsyth Park to its present size. The park was named after him and it remains its name to this day.
Perhaps the most well-known feature of Forsyth Park is the large fountain that sits at the north end of the park. The fountain was built in 1858. It resembles a few other fountains found around the world, including fountains found in Paris and Peru.
Every year at St. Patrick's Day, the city of Savannah dyes the water in the fountain green. The ceremony when the water is dyed is a popular event attended by hundreds, sometimes thousands, of local Savannahians. We visited the day before St. Patrick's Day and had the pleasure of seeing all the fountains in Savannah dyed green. The boys thought it was great fun.
Bay Street
Savannah Riverwalk
After walking around Forsyth Park, we decided to leave the truck where it was since we had a great parking spot and walked the mile and a little bit to Bay Street where the Savannah Riverwalk access was. We figured there was no way we would get lucky enough to find as perfect of a parking spot further into the city and later in the day.
The rose I am holding was made out of palm leaves. There were men and women sitting in the parks making and selling these as well as other items like baskets or matts. As tourists, we were prime unsuspecting targets for every single vendor. Or, perhaps I should say, suspecting. We've been around the USA a few times, you can't trick us into buying anything. We buy if we want to and this time we wanted to. The boys bought me a pretty rose because I am their pretty mama.
The kids thought the red telephone booth was awesome and had to have a picture with it in case it was a portal to The Ministry of Magic.
And what Hoffmeister can pass a cannon without taking a picture? Certainly not these Hoffmeister's! There's actually about 25 pictures of cannons taken in less than a block that are now stored on my hard drive.
We made it down to the river and began walking along the tourist trap walk, Bay Street. We were looking for a place to eat. There were tons of little eaterys but most were playing loud and rather annoying music or did not look like an environment we wanted to take the kids, especially as it was near St. Patrick's Day. As we were walking down the street, a man reached out and handed us a menu for his restaurant. We accepted it and glanced at it as we kept walking and then proceeded to throw it away a few building's later. But, we went back because after walking another quarter mile we determined his restaurant was indeed the best on the strip.
Boy, were we glad we returned because he guided us to this amazing restaurant up on the 4th floor of the row of shops. We took the elevator up and were instantly charmed by what we found. We love finding the little hidden gems that are well beloved.
Vic's on the River Restaurant & Bar
Vic's on the River was just such a gem. The restaurant had some outside seating and beautiful window seats overlooking the river. We opted for seats near the windows where we could see the river below. We loved it. And this was our view from the window. It doesn't get much better than one of the river boats.
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