Ghost and Tombstone Tour

I couldn't seem to stop taking pictures of the trees and the moss!  In fact when I got home, I decided I needed one put on canvas (along with 3 other tree pictures from Colorado) to make an arrangement in the guest bath so they are ordered and shipped out yesterday!!

 This is the largest oak tree in Savannah - it's protected by the Savannah Tree Foundation and it is massive - 54' in height, 110' in width and 65" in diameter!

 After the walking tour which ended up at the market, we decided to go ahead and get our shopping done - of course that included more stops at the candy store to get free samples of pralines!!  I found my Christmas tree ornament and bookmark right away!!  SCORE!!  Teri wanted some honey so we went to the honey store and sampled honey - that was a treat and something I've never done before!!

Patty and I had seen a cute long sleeved pullover the day before and we searched a lot of the little shops until we found them again!!  After lunch we walked back to our cottage and relaxed before heading out again late afternoon.  We went back to River Street for "Island Hoppers" at Tubby's and then ate grilled shrimp with 3 different sides!!  DELICIOUS!!

 That evening we boarded the open air trolley for the Ghost and Tombstone Tour - we had no idea what to expect but it was fun and entertaining!!

 Our guide told us ghost stories as we rode in the trolley and we stopped at a supposedly "haunted" house to tour it - it was a turn of the century home and was interesting to see the inside!  The nursery was cute as could be EXCEPT................

 for these spooky looking dolls!!  I can't imagine little ones playing with them!!

 We also went into a cavern type building where ships would store their wares and heard some history and ghost stories as we sat on trunks amidst a lot of strange noises!!  All in all a good time!!

Then it was off to The Pirate House for dessert!  This restaurant opened in 1753 as an inn for seafarers and quickly became a rendezvous point for pirates and sailors from the Seven Seas.  There are 15 separate dining rooms and we peeked in a few as we were led to our table!

Bread pudding, key lime pie and pecan pie were the choices that we chose that evening along with coffee - YUM!!

After our dessert, we had the waiter call a taxi - Patty said she wanted to peek in at some of the other rooms and Teri and I went outside to wait for the taxi!  Well the taxi arrived immediately!!  I went in to look for Patty and couldn't find her so texted her and told her the taxi was waiting!  She texted back she was lost!!  So I went back in to find her and couldn't so went back outside and told Teri and the taxi driver to wait as I was still looking for her!!

So I went to go back inside and the door was already locked - yes, it was closing time!!  In the meantime, Patty is trying to find the door to come out and all the lights are going out and with all those rooms, she was quite lost!!  She finally found a waitress and told her she was locked inside and they had to find the manager to open the door so she could get out!!  What an ordeal!!  At least the taxi ride home was a quick and quiet ride - we laughed and laughed about the episode when we got home!!