We spent the day getting acquainted with
Savanna. We began in Bonaventure Cemetery. The
cemetery became famous when it was featured in the novel Midnight in the garden of good and evil. It’s an enormous place
with wonderful old graves, just as you would expect, but what really makes this
place worth a trip is the unusual setting. The live oaks, the Palmetto trees
and the old palms give the place a hauntingly beautiful ambiance. It was just lovely.
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| Bonaventure Cemetery |
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| Amazing Grave Marker |
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| Another Amazing Grave Marker |
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| A Weird and Wondrous Place |
After
our trip to Bonaventure, we joined a bicycle city tour. Savanna's history, like all
the great southern cities is rich and filled with juicy tales of human frailty
and greed. We spun around town taking in the architecture, the wonderful and squares
that define this city and of course the gossip. We’ve really grown to like this
whole bike thing.
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| St. John The Baptist (Catholic Cathedral) |
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| At the Fountain in Fontain Park |
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| City Hall as See Across the Square |
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| Beautiful Steps Home |
Turns
out, much to our surprise, that Savanna is the site of the first Grand Prix in
the United States. I sure wouldn’t have guessed that and to honor that great
tradition there’s a Grand Prix race happening this weekend. Speed trials were
taking place today and we could hear the engines almost all day. I think we
might check out a bit of the race before we leave town tomorrow. But I digress.
There was a display of some old time specialty cars in the center of town to
take a look at before heading home.
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| Vintage Dashboard |
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| Groovy Race Car |
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F A S T
This one is for Maria!
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Here is A Memorable One From My Youth In Germany
First winning the NASCAR race in Charleston now this, will it ever end?
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