Saturday, May 28, 2016

We continued north on I-95 today, and stopped in Savannah, Georgia, to see the sights.  We did a trolley tour of the historic district.  Lots of history here, and lots of iron.  Iron railings, iron steps, iron fences, more than I've ever seen.

The most interesting fact, to me, is that Savannah is the second largest port in the U.S.  Only New York is larger.  I can't remember the figure, in tons, that the tour guide quoted, but it was a huge number of goods that pass through here.  When we were close to the water, there was a huge container ship going out under the bridge.  The bridge is another story.  It was damaged by a ship in the last 20 years sometime and the firm that won the bid for reconstruction and redesign was an all woman company.  The first time that had ever happened.

Lots of Memorial Day activities going on in the squares that we passed.  One place was blocked off by police tape and there were a number of police vehicles there.  One of them was the "bomb disposal unit."  That made my eyebrows go up, but I think they were just being a presence to deter anything that may happen.

We've decided that the GPS unit should be called "Ranting Ruby" instead of Naggy Maggie.  We were not sure about her taking us over the huge bridge here but we did meet up with I-95 again a few miles up the road.  Savannah is 9 miles off the interstate, so not too far if we needed to backtrack.

Today was overcast.  We didn't run into rain until we were halfway across South Carolina, and it was fairly light.  It had almost quit when we came to the "South of the Border" tourist trap on the South Carolina-North Carolina border.  Hard to describe if you haven't seen it.

We went just a few miles and turned northeast toward Wilmington, our destination.  It was a deluge for a few miles.  Everyone slowed way down because the wipers wouldn't carry the water.  By the time we reached Wilmington, the sun was out, but the storm is on its way, from the forecast.

We are at our friend, Judy Fuller's house for the next two nights.  Seeing as it is Memorial Day weekend, the traffic and weather is not conducive for going to the Outer Banks.