Savannah, GA

We left Orlando after breakfast and started to make our way to Savannah, GA on Monday.  The trip should've only taken us four hours, but ended up taking seven hours with baby M having to go potty every half an hour (or so it seemed).  In any event, by the time we got there, it was almost dinner time.  We checked in at the Marriott Fairfield Inn, which was a big disappointment (looked more like a Motel 6 than the 3-star rating it was given), then made our way to Publix supermarket to stock up on some snacks for the next few days.

First stop on Tuesday morning was to the Juliette Gordon Low birthplace, the founder of Girl Scouts.  I went in there not really expecting anything, but we had a good tour guide and I found myself actually enjoying listening to the little tidbits about Juliette Gordon Low.  Big sister K went along with it, but I think she was more interested in going back to the gift shop and picking out some patches for her Girl Scouts vest that I had promised I'd get her.

In the afternoon, we made our way to River Street, a historic part of Savannah that has many of its century-old buildings converted to tourism.  Of course with our luck, once we paid for parking and got out of the car, it started pouring.  We found shelter inside a hotel and stayed there for over an hour until the rain stopped.  A lot of time wasted, but it was better than getting soaked.  River Street was actually quite charming.  I could do without all the tourist traps, but I guess that's part of the charm.

Wednesday was spent at the Georgia State Railroad Museum, Savannah Children's Museum, and Savannah History Museum, followed by a few hours at the outlet mall.  The kids had a good time going on the trains and seeing their very first real roundhouse and turntable. It was another scorching day... you would think we'd be used to the heat by now, but it was still torture, especially with most of the activities being outdoors.

Enjoying a bit of air conditioning inside one of the train cars:

On the train going through the turntable... the roundhouse is behind the kids:

My little climber at the Savannah Children's Museum:

All smiles!