Sunday, February 24, 2008

Savannah

On the road last Sunday morning, Jeff’s praise and worship music blasting on the stereo. It’s sunny, 60 degrees, and we’re headed for Savannah. Miss Jann has a hankering for some plantation viewing and tea sipping on a veranda. Don’t y’all know what I mean? The billboards are claiming that it’s “the most beautiful place in America”.

Well, I am pretty sure it doesn’t qualify as THE most beautiful spot, but it was nice. First of all, it was 75+ degrees. Compared to upstate NY yesterday morning, that was beautiful. We drove by the Savannah College of Art and Design where Allison Spooner attended graduate school, traveled around the historic area, stopped at Chippewa Square where Forrest Gump sat on the park bench telling his life story with his box of chocolates (That’s Jeff doing his best Forrest imitation), enjoyed the mansions, checked one more baseball stadium off Jeff’s list (where the Sand Gnats play), and visited the Wormsloe Plantation ruins where we saw the most magnificent Live Oak lined driveway.



Now we are headed to the most beautiful place on the planet. And that would be where ever my mother lives. A perfect destination.

Interesting Bumper Sticker:
If you can’t be behind the troops, get in front of them.

2 comments:

tina said...

Omigosh! this is going to be so random, but I know your daughter-in-law, Rachel! We went to school together! Please let her know I said hello! Are they still in AZ?

phil said...

Wow! How did you make the connection?!? Rachel and Adam are still in AZ and doing really well. I let them know you inquired.