Savannah was an interesting city to visit. When Lee and I get tired of our day to day activites, we try to find inexpensive road trips. We usually look for cities within an 8 hour radius. Our most recent adventure was to the great city of Savannah, GA. To keep costs down and only pay for one night in the hotel, we left our apartment at 11:30pm Friday night. We got to the visitor's center in Savannah at 8:30am. We had just enough time to change in the car (out of comfy clothes) in order for the center to open at 9am. After the visitor center (it had a museum in it with Forest Gump's bench), we headed out to Hunting Island State Park, SC. This park is about an hour and a half from Savannah. It costs $4/adult, and don't forget to bring cash. There are several trails and a really cool lighthouse. We wanted to see crocodile in the swampy water everywhere, but it didn't happen.
We parked near the lighthouse and stopped to eat lunch before continuing on. We packed a cooler for the trip so we could save money and not eat out. Lee brought his wonderful fried bologna sandwiches, and I brought my favorite - turkey sandwiches. The lighthouse costs $2 a person to get in. The view from the lighthouse is amazing. Getting to the top of the lighthouse is another story. For someone as afraid of heights as I am, it was a little tricky. The stairwell is just a bunch of iron steps going around all the way to the top. Yes, there is a handrail, but who's that going to save? After getting my breath back, I enjoyed the view from the top. The ocean and trees all around were beautiful. Down below, the beach wasn't very busy (it was March). We just sat down and relaxed for a while.
After a long day of both walking around and relaxing, we headed back to Savannah. To save money on the hotel, we used Hotwire.com. We actually saved about $50 on the room and only paid $58. The hotel was nice, so we were pleasantly surprised. (We had never used Hotwire before.) After a quick nap to re-energize, we hit the town. Savannah is the first planned community in America, so it has 21 remaining town squares. At night, driving around is terrible. The layout is difficult and street signs are hard to find. We drove around and then had dinner before heading back to the hotel.
The next morning we got up early for the free breakfast at the hotel and headed to Tybee Island to see the sunrise. We missed it by about 3 minutes. We still had fun though. We got some cheetos out of the car and fed the birds. The seagulls were crazy! They would attack as soon as the cheeto left our hands. They'd even catch it in the air if we threw it up there. After we ran out of cheetos, we went down to the pier. It started lightly raining , so the pier was pretty empty. Luckily we had umbrellas.
After we left the pier, we decided to chance the rain and go to Fort Pulaski. The fort is $3 a person to get in. Inside there are a few exhibit to explain the fort. There is also a short video that plays every 30 minutes. It's mildly entertaining. Fort Pulaski is a fort that was used in the Civil War. It's in great condition and it even has a moat! There's a guy that's dressed up in period clothing and he's anxious to answer any questions you might possibly have.
The outside is pretty neat because you can see all the places that got hit by cannons. It's amazing to see how far cannons can fly. The other side was across the river! I didn't believe it until the old guy in the costume told me it was true. After we were done exploring every nook and cranny of the fort, we went back to Savannah to eat. We headed out around 2 to get home by Sunday night. It was a quick trip, but it was cram-packed with fun!
Savannah was an interesting city to visit. When Lee and I get tired of our day to day activites, we try to find inexpensive road trips. We usually look for cities within an 8 hour radius. Our most recent adventure was to the great city of Savannah, GA. To keep costs down and only pay for one night in the hotel, we left our apartment at 11:30pm Friday night. We got to the visitor's center in Savannah at 8:30am. We had just enough time to change in the car (out of comfy clothes) in order for the center to open at 9am. After the visitor center (it had a museum in it with Forest Gump's bench), we headed out to Hunting Island State Park, SC. This park is about an hour and a half from Savannah. It costs $4/adult, and don't forget to bring cash. There are several trails and a really cool lighthouse. We wanted to see crocodile in the swampy water everywhere, but it didn't happen.
We parked near the lighthouse and stopped to eat lunch before continuing on. We packed a cooler for the trip so we could save money and not eat out. Lee brought his wonderful fried bologna sandwiches, and I brought my favorite - turkey sandwiches. The lighthouse costs $2 a person to get in. The view from the lighthouse is amazing. Getting to the top of the lighthouse is another story. For someone as afraid of heights as I am, it was a little tricky. The stairwell is just a bunch of iron steps going around all the way to the top. Yes, there is a handrail, but who's that going to save? After getting my breath back, I enjoyed the view from the top. The ocean and trees all around were beautiful. Down below, the beach wasn't very busy (it was March). We just sat down and relaxed for a while. 
After a long day of both walking around and relaxing, we headed back to Savannah. To save money on the hotel, we used Hotwire.com. We actually saved about $50 on the room and only paid $58. The hotel was nice, so we were pleasantly surprised. (We had never used Hotwire before.) After a quick nap to re-energize, we hit the town. Savannah is the first planned community in America, so it has 21 remaining town squares. At night, driving around is terrible. The layout is difficult and street signs are hard to find. We drove around and then had dinner before heading back to the hotel. 
The next morning we got up early for the free breakfast at the hotel and headed to Tybee Island to see the sunrise. We missed it by about 3 minutes. We still had fun though. We got some cheetos out of the car and fed the birds. The seagulls were crazy! They would attack as soon as the cheeto left our hands. They'd even catch it in the air if we threw it up there. After we ran out of cheetos, we went down to the pier. It started lightly raining , so the pier was pretty empty. Luckily we had umbrellas.
After we left the pier, we decided to chance the rain and go to Fort Pulaski. The fort is $3 a person to get in. Inside there are a few exhibit to explain the fort. There is also a short video that plays every 30 minutes. It's mildly entertaining. Fort Pulaski is a fort that was used in the Civil War. It's in great condition and it even has a moat! There's a guy that's dressed up in period clothing and he's anxious to answer any questions you might possibly have. 
The outside is pretty neat because you can see all the places that got hit by cannons. It's amazing to see how far cannons can fly. The other side was across the river! I didn't believe it until the old guy in the costume told me it was true. After we were done exploring every nook and cranny of the fort, we went back to Savannah to eat. We headed out around 2 to get home by Sunday night. It was a quick trip, but it was cram-packed with fun!
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