What a beautiful place this is! We have been here a week now and unfortunately we are leaving today for a campground near Charleston, SC. If you gota go, not a bad place to go to.
On Sunday, 1 Dec. we decided to try and see more of Savannah hoping the sites would be a little less crowded. We started by going to the visitors center and talking to the experts on what to see and do in Savannah. They were very helpful but in the end we decided we wanted to see River Street and tour the Andrew Low house. We took our chances and drove down to River street hoping to find a place to park instead of taking the trolley.
River Street, as the name implies, is right on the Savannah River. It was the main part of daily living in old Savannah and now has become a main tourist area. This area of the city dates back to 1779. Hope the pictures reflect how very cool this area is.
Up river end of River Street
The big tan building is a modern hotel. It looks like this was the 1st step in a revitalization effort before they came to their senses and stopped. The area is full of original old structures except for this hotel.
Side street off of River Street
After our drive down River Street we wanted to go to a restaurant which some of our fellow campers had suggested we try. It was called Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House and was about a mile from River Street. When we got there we found out it was only open Monday-Friday. The trip was still well worth the time though because it was in an area of beautiful homes.
Mrs. Wilkes is located in this building
We went back to the River Street area and found a parking garage and decided to walk part of River Street and find a restaurant that way. The area, as you would guess, is full of restaurants, shops and old buildings.
As the façade states, the Savannah Cotton Exchange
River boat on Savannah River
We asked around while we were walking and shopping and were told to try Huey's restaurant, which we did. Stephanie had Blackened Talapia and Bill had Read Beans and Rice with Andoule Sausage. Kind of sounds like a repeat performance of our meal in New Orleans. Both were exceptional. Bill thought the Red Beans were almost as good as what Stephanie makes on occasion.
Front of Huey's restaurant
We 'needed' to make one more stop on River Street before we went on our Low House tour and that was at the Savannah Candy Co. We had been told over and over how good it was.
I forgot to get a picture so here is a stock photo
The suggestions were right, the Pralines were to die for. We bought a few for the trailer and quickily became clear they might never see the trailer. Thought about going back to get more but decided we didn't need anymore.
I know, this is just rude.
It was time to go on our house tour so with major reluctance we left River Street for a short drive over to the Low House.
Old side street leaving River Street
Stephanie making her way back up to old Savannh from River Street
Andrew Low was a cotton factor, which we found out means 'middleman'. He was from Scotland and came to Savannah to work with his Uncle. His job was to get the Cotton bales from the docks in Savannah to England for processing. They made a very large sum of money. Andrew wanted to build a home which reflected his wealth so that is how the house came to be.
Family Room
This being a southern home, it had paintings of St. General Lee (as he is called here in the south) who was a personal friend of the Low's and Jeff Davis, Jeb Stuart and many other sons of the Confederacy. Andrew Low was arrested by the North during the civil war but ended up being released because he maintained his English Citizenship and Washington did not want to offend England. The really amazing thing about this is that the Low story is just one of many here in Savannah.
We have really enjoyed our stay here and hope to come back again to see more of the history of this beautiful city. For now we will move on. We will be in the Charleston area for only 4 days so we will be doing some site seeing there.
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