Savannah, Day 2 -- Apr. 14th

Woke up around 11 to the housekeeping call. I took some extra towels and refused any other service, other than to have the nice Indian man kill the giant cockroach in my bathroom I had just noticed. The room here isn't as well kept as the Best Value I stayed in, but it has everything I need, so I'm not complaining. I went back to bed for awhile, got up and showered and headed out about 2 pm. It was cloudy, but not raining yet, so I wore shorts and a t-shirt.
Drove down to the historic district to try out the pizza place Katie worked at for luch, but they didn't open until 4, so I stopped into a Scottish pub and ate there instead. Molly Macpherson's was the name of it, and I chose to have a sampler platter of apps and a side a smashed garlic potatoes. There were Scotch eggs,(a hard boiled egg, wrapped in sausage, then breaded and deep fried) onion rings with a Guinness batter, and a meat pie on the sampler. It was very good, I had never had Scotch eggs or a meat pie before, so that was exciting. After that, I went to the visitor center, and got several really good ideas, then decided to go over to SCAD and look around and ask about Master's programs. They had some good info, and I may go on a tour of the place tomorrow, even though it's 28k a year for a MA, and 56k for a MFA. Maybe sometime doen the road, it seems like an excellent school, and its in a really cool city. They also offer it online. Then I drove around a bit, found a camera store, picked up some cleaning products because I noticed a spot in my pictures. They didn't have the little air puffer I needed for cleaning the dust off of my image sensor, so I called a couple other places, and no one had one. An idea struck me, and I was off to Target again. I bought one of those baby nose mucus suckers and went back to my hotel. It worked well as an air puffer, I think, and I got on the internet for a minute to decide what to do next.
I decided to drive off to Tybee Island, about 30 minutes away, and was worried I mwould miss sundown. I arrived just in time to get some shots of the historic lighthouse there at dusk, and I think they came out amazing! Totally worth it. After that I went down to the beach area, where there is a pier, and pavilion, and just a beautiful sight. It was dark by then, though, so I grabbed my tripod and tried to get some long exposures anyway. I think I got some really good stuff there too! Left Tybee Island and went back down to histroic area Savannah to get some pizza from Vinnie Van Gogo's Pizzaria. They served authentic NY style pizza, and it was fantastic. Met a man there from upstate NY, he loved it, and wouldn't stop talking about the Huskers. Kinda cool. He was a teacher with the week off, and is headinbg to Charleston tomorrow. I told him to check out Shem Creek, my pizza came, and we said goodbye. After dinner, I went to a place called Bay St. Blues, which was supposed to be a pretty cool little blues place with live trivia starting at 10 pm. I got there about 1015, and the place was dead other than a few staff members who were off work and bitching about their tips. I saw the bartender ash her cigarette into the well where the bottles sit, and was glad I was drinking Newcastle. I thoght to myself if they were nice or hospitable at all, maybe their tips would be better. None of them so much as looked my way, even though I was the only customer there. Oh well. I left, went back to my hotel, and here I sit, blogging. I will probably upload some more photos and watch some tv tonight before bed, I need an early start tomorrow. Haven't decided if I want to stay here until sunset again tomorrow before I head to Jacksonville, or enjoy some of the coastal drive in the daylight. Ahhhhh! the tough, tough choices I have to deal with in my life!