Charleston to Savannah, GA
Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again – REJOICE!
Philippians 4:4
First thing we did this morning was head to see the Angel Tree. It is a 400 year old Live Oak tree. I think it’s the oldest in South Carolina. It was definitely big and beautiful. And apparently it takes A LOT of signs to keep it that way.
Next we went to the Market in Charleston. This land was donated a hundred years ago (ish) with the stipulation that it always be used for a market.
We had Beef and Vegy Soup with cheese and crackers and salad for lunch at the Magnolia Gardens before we went in. We finished with Banana Pudding as one of our traditionaly southern dishes. But we forgot to put the banana slices in and we ran out of whipped cream the day we made Sweet Potato Pie. So ours pretty much just tasted like Jello Banana Pudding. Which it was.
We took a tram around the Magnolia Gardens which included a lot of swamps, complete with alligators and snapping turtles. And lots of Spanish Moss. Which is not Spanish or moss. We learned that it is completely infested with chiggers, so don’t touch! After our 45 minute tour of the gardens we had a 45 minute tour of the mansion. I didn’t take any pics because it was against the law. It was pretty similar to the one we saw two days ago.
It was around 5:00 when we got to Savannah so we decided to go directly to dinner before heading to our hotel. There were several places in this little shopping center near our hotel so we let everyone go their own way and met up an hour and a half later. Mary and Saul and I went to a Mexican restaurant. The waitress gave us the special chunky guacamole since Saul was Mexican (their words not mine – I was just witnessing this transaction) As opposed to the almost pureed guac most people usually get. Hmmmm …
After dinner we went up to our hotel room and relaxed. Haha. NOT! We had hard boiled some eggs at my mom’s so we brought them to our hotel room and made deviled eggs for tomorrow. We also made homemade (hotel-made?) pimento cheese for our sandwiches tomorrow.
So in case you (like me) thought this trip was kinda similar to the trip Bruce and I took last year, let’s just review:
B&P C2C – I drove Harvey. I enjoyed seeing everything that I drove by. I was basically on my own schedule (ok mostly Bruce’s schedule). I slept late and jogged almost daily. I made peanut butter sandwiches for 1 person. I traveled across the country.
USA Tour – I am not driving and Harvey is all alone at the storage unit. I see almost nothing that we are driving by because we are usually cooking. I do NOT sleep late – unless you mean getting up at 7 AM instead of 6 AM occasionally. I do not have time to exercise – unless you count balancing on a moving bus while cooking. We make dinner for 18. I am traveling the country.
But both are good. I think I just need to take time to fill my inner introvert. The pluses to this trip are getting to know all the passengers on our bus (all of whom I really like) and enjoying this adventure with Mary. I don’t know how the other hostesses do this by themselves. Mary and I tag team the cooking and announcements and stuff. Although we have very different MO’s.