Last week Joey texted me, "Would you like to take a trip this week?" Who am I to say No? So we headed down to St. Simons Island, Georgia, a place I've wanted to visit since high school days. As a teenager, I read Eugenia Price's Lighthouse trilogy, which triggered a fascination with historical fiction. I've read the trilogy several times and always came away feeling like I knew the characters (Lighthouse and New Moon Rising are the best of the 3).
So to visit the little island, see the site of James Gould's Lighthouse (it stood just in front of the present-day lighthouse), walk through the cemetery at Christ Church (that structure too is post-Civil War), and see the beautiful Spanish Moss hanging from the trees (sorry, the photo doesn't do it justice) - all were a dream come true. We also visited Fort Frederica where Oglethorpe built a fascinating fort and village in the 1700s, and we learned about the John & Charles Wesley connection to S. Georgia, which was very interesting.
On our way home Saturday, we stopped in Savannah and did a 4-hour walking tour. Oglethorpe also laid out this beautiful city, just as methodically as he did Fort Frederica. We had so much fun exploring it all. It was a great time together.
4 comments:
Glad you could get away, especially to Savannah. We toured the city (on bus, not foot) 2 years ago and found it facinating!
Recommend everyone go there at least once.
We also enjoyed a couple days in Savannah a couple years ago. Loved it. And it was especially special because Heather was with us.
St. Simons Island sounds like a place we might like to visit sometime. Glad you had a good time.
We loved Savannah also - were there in May 2009. All of you are right - everyone needs to go at some point. It's a classic of the old south, and prettier than Charleston because Sherman didn't destroy Savannah like he did Charleston.
When I was in high school I read a book that was set in Savannah around the 1850s. Ever since then I have wanted to visit there as well. Beautiful pictures, Mary!
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