Places to Go (Vacation) - Savannah, GA, Part II - Ellis Square Spraypark & The Waterfront. The Second Stop on Our Roadtrip of the South.

The girls and I spent the afternoon at the splashpark/water feature in Ellis Square while T napped (we stayed in a suite at the Inn on Ellis Square, which was incredibly low priced for a great location, I highly suggest it). The girls "splashed" over an hour, plus the water feature was quite lovely - the synched fountains made it look like the water was dancing.

By early evening, F had her PJs on and was ready for bed, but Dan and I REALLY wanted to walk on the waterfront so we dragged (yes, dragged) F out of bed and watched the big boats for awhile (seriously, so so big) as the late evening sun surrounded everything in a golden glow.



RANDOM LINKS:

*The Fresh Air Fund is looking for volunteers this summer. Sounds like a great charity, click here for the info.

*I know we just returned from vacation, but I really want to go here and here. Maybe one day.

*Lots of strawberry recipes. Lots. Click here (we made the strawberry shortcake popsicles using fresh-picked strawberries from a friend, wow they were yummy). In case the first list wasn't enough, there are hundreds more here.

*Funny (actually I'm not sure funny is the right word, but I can't think of a better one. suggestions?).

*I love this photo. And this series of photos. And this photographer.

*Maybe getting old isn't so bad after all, this lady looks like she's having the time of her life, of course I'd be happy too if I had her house.

*Asparagus/lemon/goat cheese pasta = yummy.

*Beautiful, inspiring photos and words.

Places to Go (Vacation) - Savannah, GA, Part I - Squares & Parks. The Second Stop on Our Roadtrip of the South.

We spent our first morning in Savannah, GA strolling from square to square. In Disneyworld Dan and I realized that our kids can walk long distances, so we decided to take advantage of our newfound knowledge.

Savannah has several squares and each one is within viewing distance of the next one, all of which are full of statutes of important people and spanish moss hanging from the trees. After the organized-chaos of Disney, it felt great to just relax. The kids seemed to feel the same way, as summarized by F "wow, I love it here, even if the parks [squares] don't have playgrounds." At each square, F made me read to her all the info on the statues, then she's ask "So is he dead mom?" And I'd have to tell her, yes, all these people died a long time ago. To which she always responded "that's so sad."

Eventually we made it to the world-famous Forsyth Park and its beautiful fountain. The park has two playgrounds and the kids spent HOURS running around and making new friends. Which, for us, came as a much needed reminder that, as fun as Disney is, kids can have just as much fun with a slide, some swings, and a little shade. A schoolgroup showed up and I watched a (12 year old?) backflip midair off the swing. I've heard such a thing is possible, but I've never actually witnessed it. It felt like a circus show, I actually clapped. The boy looked at me like "what's wrong with this lady?"


A stranger gave both the girls those beautiful flowers. I think I was supposed to pay him or offer him money or something, but I was too busy chasing after T.


The famous Forsyth fountain is pictured above. I don't have many great pictures as once we told the girls a playground was on site, we couldn't really stop for long.

HAPPY TUESDAY EVERYONE!! More on Savannah tomorrow . . .