We hopped in the car and made the short drive to Bonaventure Cemetery-the largest of Savannah's cemeteries. This is 160 acres of the dead..
Johnny Mercer's grave
Typical for Bonaventure
When space and money was limited, they built caskets large enough to fit the body only. It made me so sad to see these tiny burial plots.
"Born Dec 20 1889/Died July 14 1890"
The American Legion field- Veterans from World Wars
Often, you can see pebbles placed on the headstones. This is a Jewish tradition, to indicate the continued participation in the burial of loved ones.
After we explored much of the cemetery, it was back in the car for the short trip to Tybee Island-Savannah's beach community. We parked and got out to explore a bit..aaaand 5 minutes later were caught in a torrential downpour. So, back in the car!
Our experience of Tybee Island
When we got back to the inn, we enjoyed some downtime before getting ready for dinner. We made reservations at Alligator Soul for our anniversary dinner. Because I was not up to walking a mile in heels, we called a Savannah Pedicab to take us to dinner.
(Ok, I cheated and googled this picture...but this actually was our driver that night!)
I enjoyed shrimp & grits and Ben had the gumbo-yum!
They even celebrated our anniversary with a little gift (chocolate covered cherries inside). I had to take a picture of this - Ben had a hard time making the reservation-it seemed that the host couldn't hear him at all. Clearly...
After dinner, we changed then headed back to Savannah Smiles. Thursday night was a lot of fun here, so we thought Saturday would be even better!
These boots are made for walkin'...
On the way we enjoyed some Leopold's Ice Cream- yummy!
On our walk to Savannah Smiles, we found this plaque in one of the many squares: "...George Washington attended services at the original Christ Church on Sunday, May 15. While in Savannah from May 12-15..."
Name that tune!
Saturday was WAY busier than Thursday night here...probably about 150 more people than before. It was still fun, but became so crowded. We left after a couple of hours.
Rather than walking, we took the PediCab back to the inn!
Back to the inn for our last night : (
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