Savannah Road trip

Kim and I took a quick road trip to Savannah despite the rainy weather that was forcasted. We left Atlanta about noon and drove the 4 ½ hours to Savannah in the pouring rain and wind. And just a side note that Kim does NOT have intermittent wipers. So we checked into our hotel and arrived in downtown Savannah about 5:15. It was still raining like crazy and the visitor center had closed at 5…so no map for us to find things to explore. We decided to just make the best of it and took some silly pictures portraying being tourists in the rain. There were some really beautiful parks and buildings that looked like they might have some great historical significance…a great place to be on a nice day! We found a little strip of shops that we decided to park and dart in and out of just to explore at least SOME of Savannah. By the time we ran the three blocks from our car to a place to stop under cover, we were soaked! Not just a little soaked, but socks and underwear soaked! We again took some silly picture and were commenting on how we had never ever seen rain like that….especially in combination with the crazy wind and ground shaking thunder. It really was an astounding sight and being born and raised in Seattle, that says a lot! We finally made it to a restaurant and were seated. It was a little embarrassing since we were so wet, but we’d never see those people again and we needed to eat, so who cares? Once our waiter brought our food, he asked if he could bring our check to us right away so he could “beat the storm”. In hindsight, this should have been another indicator that something was not right…but in our blissful ignorance, we just finished dinner, made our way to the car and headed to the hotel to watch a movie.

The next morning, we woke up to blue skies and 70 degrees….perfect! We decided to head to the beach and on the way, mistakenly stumbled on River street, which is the part of town that every tourist wants to find! We walked and shopped for a couple of hours and then continued on to the beach. The beach, Tybee Island, was just as amazing as I had hoped….it was a bummer that we would only have a couple of hours to be there! For lunch, we went to a local shop and had some local fish. It was really good, but the most interesting part was the conversation around us and the newspaper we found…..all discussing the TORNADO from the evening before! Yes, that’s right….we were two idiots walking around in a tornado! Apparently, we were in the outskirts, but they can turn quickly, which is why no one else was in town. Being from the Northwest, I know nothing about tornados…obviously! So we laughed at ourselves and enjoyed more time on the beach. We made it back to Gainesville just in time to attend one of the World Race lectures. Kim and I will add this to our list of crazy traveling adventures!