Savannah to St. Augustine -- Apr. 15th Tax Day

Woke up, Day 3 in Savannah, headed out around 11 and drove down to an old 1700s cemetery, supposedly Savannah is one of the most haunted cities in the U.S., they do Ghost Tours and stuff like that. The cemetery wasn’t as interesting as I thought it might be, it was kinda touristy, so I moved on. I walked up and down Bull St., which is known for historic houses and neat little squares, small parks, every few blocks. One of which is Chippewa Square, which is where Forrest Gump sat on his bench in the movie. The bench is gone now, and in a museum, but I took some pics there anyway. I went to SCAD again and took a tour of the campus and got some questions answered about possibly getting a master’s in Graphic Design. I wouldn’t do it for another couple years at least, but I figured might as well poke around while I’m here, right? After that I went down to the riverfront and ate at a place called Tubby’s Tank House on the recommendation of the guy at the visitor’s center, and it was okay, but a little overpriced and a bit corporate feeling. I think I will try and find younger visitor helper from now on. The lady in Charleston was dead on. I talked to Bill on the phone and arranged to stay at his house later that night, even though they had just gotten back from a long road trip themselves.

Before I went through to Jacksonville, though, I made a couple stops off the highway. I stopped and saw the smallest church in America, a small, 12 seat chapel on the Georgia coast. I then went on to a place called Jekyll Island. Dubbed the jewel of Georgia, it was pretty beautiful, again I got there just before sunset, and first I stopped off of the bridge and talked to a couple of fishermen and asked them if it was worth the 3 dollars to cross the bridge. I was eaten alive by gnats on that bridge, but they said yes. I have never experienced a gnat attack like that before. I was itching for hours, and I still think it’s affecting me a little. I went on to cross the bridge, found a nice little beach and got some nice sunset photos. Took off after that and headed towards Bill and Tara’s. I got there about 11 pm, they are actually in St. Augustine, just South of Jacksonville, but Jax has a lovely skyline I noticed as I drove through. They have a blue neon lined bridge over the ocean and a pretty cool set of skyscrapers to go with it. I arrived, met Tara, kissed Kirstin(my niece) goodnight and hit the sack, we were all tired.