We were home from Amish country for two days, replacing an aged-out gas leak detector, doing laundry and repacking food. We are off on a three week adventure that started with a posting on the Fiberglass RV Forum (fiberglassrv.com) last fall about an Egg Scramble on Tybee Island, GA and ending with our favorite fiberglass gathering in Brown County IN. Gatherings of fiberglass rvs are often called Eggs Rambles or Egg Scrambles because of the egg shapes of many of the popular fiberglass rvs like the Scamps and Casitas. The last one I attended was in Hiawassee GA. I had a great time visiting among vintage trailers and hoped to repeat that experience along the Georgia coast. I am not seeing vintage trailers in this gathering but we are parked next door to an Escape and there are four or five more of them here--a new experience for me as I have seen so few on the road, though I expect, like me, the owners bought them for the extra room needed to isolate during COVID.
We are near the beach. Sadly, dogs are not allowed on the beach OR left alone inside the camper. But we have walked nearby and along quiet roads that border area swampland. After the damp and stormy summer at home, the weather here has been lovely, surprisingly not humid as close to the ocean as we are. There has been a breeze and the temps have stayed at 80 or below. There have been surprisingly few insects but lots of birds, singing to us and flying nearby. At this point, we are feeling totally spoiled. AND there is a city-maintained dog park at the campground's edge where we hope to spoil Odie a taste.
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| Bird filled swamp |
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| City dog park |
Ruthie has visited this area before and suggested we spend the afternoon walking the Savanah Historic District. I am not an urban lover but Old Savanah is wonderfully picturesque, resembling photos I've seen of New Orleans, though I have to say, after crossing the Mississippi with Jessie four days before that bridge we crossed at Memphis was shut down for emergency repair, crossing the bridge over the Savanah River into town did give us both pause. That said, the Savanah Historic District was a rich experience. We saw some buildings from the 1700s, some simple clapboard or brick, mixed in with other buildings from the 1800s trimmed with ornate metalwork, and more modern buildings trimmed in handsome stonework. All through this part of town, there are parks, filled with old trees edged in Spanish moss. The pictures below will give a taste of what we saw. You can click on any photos to enlarge them.
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| Savanah River Front |
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| Bridge across the Savanah River entering the city |
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| Coblestone ramp from Bay Street to the river front |
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| African American Baptist Church at a park's edge |
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| Savanah School of Art and Design |
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