Signs

We saw signs throughout the historic district telling about Savannah's past.  Some are simple.  Most are metal plaques located near one of the squares or an historic building.

 

 

These two were on a house.  Most were much more fancy than these.

 

A plaque on the corner of a building in the historic district.

 

The following are some of the plaques scattered around the historic district.

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still have a bunch more photos to post in future blogs.  Have a good evening.

Night in Savannah

Debbie and I took a tour of Savannah and listened to the stories of hauntings around the historic district.  We decided to walk around after dark and visit some of the places where the ghost tour guide told us people have experienced spooky occurrences. Debbie wanted to get photos of orbs that might represent a spirit.  I used a digital camera.  Debbie used her cell phone. 

We walked to the Sorrel Weed House.  They give tours nightly of the basement where supernatural things apparently happen.

 

 

The only thing we caught on cameral near the Sorrel Weed House were the people showing up for one of the nightly tours.  We walked to the Colonial Cemetery where we were told several people have experienced the supernatural.  When we arrived, there was a tour group walking around the outside of the cemetery.  One of the "ghost tours" companies uses old hearses.  One of those was passing by the cemetery, too.  Maybe it was too early and too much activity to catch any orbs in our photos.

 

 

 

Maybe it wasn't too early.  Maybe there was not too much activity around the cemetery.  It looks like there are two orbs in the photo above. 

 

 

A photo like this made us realize the Spanish moss looks kinda cool at night.

 

 

 

 

 

This is a photo of the guard tower at the former Savannah city jail.  Stories are that the ghost of a guard can sometimes be seen in the window at the top of the tower.  Don't see anything in the window of the photo that I took.

 

 

 Debbie took this photo with her cell phone just after I took one with the digital camera.  Not sure what's going on there.

 

 

 

We stopped at Madison Square on the way back to the bed and breakfast.  No orbs.  But a cool place to hang out at night.

 

 

Savannah - Big oak trees

One of the things that Debbie and I really enjoyed seeing were the huge oak trees.  Especially the ones with Spanish moss hanging from the branches.  The photos do not do them justice.

 

A typical median along several of the streets in the historic district.

 

 

 

 

The oak trees create an arch over the sidewalk along Bay Street just south of the river.

 

 

A huge tree in a median along Jones Street not far from where we stayed.
 

 

An oak tree near Forsythe Park.  The tour guide said the tree is over 200 years old.
 

  

A statue and oak trees in Madison Square.  There are 22 squares, or parks, in the historic district.  Each of them have big oak trees with statues or fountains in the center of the square.  Most of the statues or monuments are of historical figures from Savannah's past. Very nice places to just sit and enjoy the day or night.

 

Oglethorpe Square.  Statue of the Georgia's and Savannah's founder, James Oglethorpe.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 We took a bunch more photos.  I will post more later.  Hope everyone had a good Labor Day weekend.  We did.