We drove about 12 miles south to Savannah, GA where we caught a hop on/ hop off trolley through to historical part of town. There were 15 stops on the route with narration between each stop. We toured through two large homes -the Owens-Thomas House and the Issiah Davenport House, both very different styles from the same era. We went to the 17hundred90 Inn & Restaurant for blue crab stew, honey topped biscuit and vanilla bread pudding with bourbon sauce, all very delicious. Our final stop was at theSavannah History Museum in the old train station, all very interesting but too much to remember. Much of the old part of town has been bought up by SCAD - Savannah College of Art & Design, which has grown from 600 students a few years ago to 13000 students today. The old cotton packing plant has been converted into classrooms and offices. They have a beautiful, huge equestrian center on the outskirts of the city. There was an art project where mermaid sculptures were placed in many locations around the city.Savannah is the second largest seaport on the east coast.
Nov 13/ 2012
We drove back out toward Hilton Head to Rose Hill GC where we played 15 holes (had to quit because of pouring rain) with Jean-Guy & Johane Pacquette from Whitecourt, AB, where he is a paper maker (moved from Quebec 25 years ago).
Nov 14/ 2012
We left Hardeeville at 10:15 on a cool, damp day, driving through Georgia on Hwy 95. We stopped at the Welcome Center on the Florida border where we collected piles of info and a complimentary fresh grapefruit juice. While there, we met Shannon & Pat Collier from Ottawa who followed us down the road to Pecan RV Park (PA) several miles north of Jacksonville. We joined them for tomato sandwiches and tea. They later came and joined us for a glass of wine.
Nov 15/ 2012
We left Jacksonville at 10:50 under overcast skies & 85% humidity. We had a very enjoyable drive down the east coast on secondary highways #1 and A1A passing through many small seaside towns. There was minimal traffic. We checked into Seasons in the Sun RV Park (PA) at Mims at 4:00 -66F, just a few miles north of Cape Caneveral. We enjoyed happy hour in the hot tub under the moon (it was closed but noone was around and the gate was not locked).
Nov 16/ 2012
We decided to stay another day at Mims to catch up with paperwork, laundry, and other chores.After lunch at the New Peking Buffet we drove down hwy 1 to Cocoa to Sam's Club and Publix grocery store. Once again, we got home after dark and once again we took advantage of the hot tub.
Nov 17/ 2012
We left Mims at 10:50 76F. We drove down Hwy 1 most of the way to Pompano Beach (a few miles north of Fort Lauderdale) on the Treasure Coast, where we checked into Breezy Hill RV Park (1000 Trails/Encore), another Encore disappointment :( There was noone in the office at 3:30 to let us through the gate or assign us a site. After a couple of phone calls we were able to get the gate code and found a suitable unoccupied site. This park is an old mobile home park, has over 450 sites, most of them occupied by people from Quebec. We met Jim & Rita from Pennsylvania, one of a very few english speaking neighbours. They invited us to join them for happy hour.
Nov 18/ 2012
We drove over to Paradise Island RV Park (PA), 10 miles from here, to check it out as we will be leaving the coach there for the two weeks we are on our cruise. It is another old park, very tight quarters, but the price is right and it is secure. We stopped at the Welcome Center in North Lauderdale and got lots of local info.
Nov 19/ 2012
We spent most of the day at the Sawgrass Outlet Mall, the largest mall we have ever been in. We didn't even get to some of the areas. It is mostly very high end shops. We can't believe the USA is going broke with the cartloads of goods coming out the doors !!! We came away empty handed, having spent $12.00 for chicken strip lunch.
Nov 20/ 2012
Overcast 63-75F. Did some menial chores then off to another mall in the neighbourhood.
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