Savannah

September 28 Savannah

Woke up at 10:00 ! Can’t remember when I slept that late. Ben says he woke up at 9:30 so we must have both been tired out!   Missed the hotel breakfast so we walked across the parking lot and had a delicious brunch at Cracker Barrel.  Ben had French toast with blackberry sauce and ham.  Jane had eggs, apples, biscuits, and sausage.  Good breakfast.  Discussing how to spend the day – after yesterday driving in the traffic at Hilton Head – Ben did not want to go into downtown Savannah.  

We have been there several times and nothing really seemed to challenge us so we spent about 3 hours at the National Museum of the 8^th Air Force which was close to our hotel.  I Had never heard of the Mighty 8th but Ben of course knew it was the main air force in Europe during WW II.  It was remarkable well done for a private museum with no government funding.  Seems it was built in the 1990’s.  One of the gentlemen we met was 96 years old and had flown 24 successful bombing runs during the war.  After the 24^th he then parachuted into Germany to scout out the locations that still needed to be bombed.  He was using a walker but was getting around quite well.    The films were primarily actual WWII footage with added sound and lighting.  Learned a lot…

Each pin was a US Air Base in northern England

We had our briefing in a location just like those used in WW 2

Then when we got hungry we had an early dinner at Sawa-Hibachi. We had Shrimp Tempura which came with salad and soup.  It was very good – just a neighborhood restaurant about 2 miles from our hotel but the food was well done and hit the spot. 

We considered driving the 9 miles or so into Savannah for a seafood dinner of some sort – but the traffic really turned us off.  Good thing it was out last day at the beach as Ben’s sandals fell apart in the restaurant!  Back to the Merrells!