Savannah Belle Ferry

Time to ride the FREE Savannah Belle Ferry!   The ferry was part of the DOT system (the free bus) so you could ride the ferry free and it went to the other side of the Savannah River and then back across to another port further down!

A fire boat was out showing off their water sprayers!

The "waving girl" statue is part of Savannah history and we FINALLY found it after walking the wrong direction for a while!  The girls name is Florence Martus and she was the daughter of a Sergeant who was stationed out of Fort Pulaski.  She was a lonely girl growing up and her only friend was her collie dog.  So she started waving her handkerchief at the passing ships and they in turn would respond by either waving or blowing the ships' horn.  Eventually she would take a lantern out at night so they could see her when she was waving!  And to think she continued this tradition for 44 years!!

Patty's good friends Joel and Joyce (Joel graduated with Patty so I knew him too) were at Hilton Head vacationing with another couple and came to Savannah for a day.  So we met them at Tubby's for a drink! 

Also, if a barge ship comes by during Happy Hour, shots are $1.00 and by golly, a barge did come through so we all toasted with a shot of who knows what but it was good!!

We still had one more stop to make - the famous Leopold's ice cream - even though we were full from drinks, we decided we had to have some ice cream - the line was out the door but it was worth the wait!!

We sauntered back to a place called Zunzi's which was recommended by Amanda, Teri's daughter - we had tried to eat here one day but the line was long and wasn't moving very fast in the hot sun so we opted not to wait.  Today there was no line and the guys running the place gave us samples to taste so we would know what to order.  We actually only got 1 large sandwich and carried it back to our cottage to eat.

By the time we hit the cottage, we were all thoroughly exhausted from walking!!  The take out food was excellent and we ended the evening with wine, cheese, lots of talking about our trip and of course packing up to head out the next day!

We had a taxi pick us up at the cottage and we headed to the airport mid morning - Teri had the first flight out so Patty and I just hung out relaxing.

We enjoyed lunch together and soon boarded our flight to Atlanta - our gates were close for our next flights and soon she was off to Omaha and I was bound to Colorado Springs!

Chalk up another fantastic Sisters Trip and we're already looking forward to our next adventure in 2017 - none other than New York City!