Savannah, GA

A nice sleep in before heading over to Spread Bagelry to try and relive some Montreal breakfasts.

A late-ish start to the day but it is not long before we are headed over to the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum.  The former William Scarborough house is now home to this neat museum and garden showing the vessels used around the area over all periods of time.  Most fascinating is that this has been the sole purpose of this building for the last 30 years.  From 1878 to 1962 it was a school for African American children.  It had to be abandoned after 1962 as the Board of Education let the place go to ruin.  The Historical Society took over in 1972 helped restore the building, which the museum took control of in the mid 1990's.

2 blocks away is the SCAD Museum of Art (attached to the Savannah College of Art and Design).  A lot of modern art goes well over my head, and tis museum was a 50/50 split as to what I liked and what I thought wasn't great.  I really liked the colorful Ken Gun Min embroidery-woven paintings.  That and the black and white photos of Zanele Muholi.  Some really distinct African portraits, but the best being the black Mary sculpture, shrouded in a white cloth.  Really outstanding.

How Deep Is The Ocean by Ken Gun Min, SCAD, Savannah, GA

Umkhuseli (The Protector) by Zanele Muholi, SCAD, Savannah, GA

After a snack lunch we drive the 30 minutes out to Tybee Island.  We park and walk along the beach, and the pier, as well as a few beachside stores.  We probably spent 2 hours here.  Nice enough, but will never live up to our beloved Litchfield Beach.  On the way home we drive into Old Fort Jackson.  It takes a few moments to realize no one is here, because the fort is closed for the day (it's past 5.30pm).

A quick change in the hotel and we walk the half mile up to Public Kitchen.  There's an hour and a half wait, so we go looking elsewhere.  We walked back towards the middle of town, and found an Asian Noodle Bar.  As we were seated we got the text to say a table was available back at Public Kitchen, so we bailed and raced back for a nice, fancier meal.  It didn't disappoint.  Really great food and a great last meal in Savannah.

On the way back to the hotel we stopped for dessert at Leopold's Ice Cream.  A Savannah institution, this 106 year old store has an hour long line even at 9pm.  We decided to wait and see what the fuss was all about.  Don't get me wrong, it was some good ice cream, but not wait in line forever good.

We had a great 3 days in Savannah.  Good weather, good food, great history lessons.  Having said that, I'm not sure we'd head back there, unless we were taking someone who has never been.  I feel like we saw all we needed and probably don't need to experience it again.