Savannah, GA

We were excited about going to Savannah. The parks around the city were all really expensive, so we stayed in a state park about 20 minutes away. It was beautiful! Definitely my favorite site so far. We found one that was huge and woody and private. It was perfect!

There was a fire pit there, so the kids immediately started playing in that. I don't know what it is about fire pits that my kids love so much. 

Beans got filthy, per usual.

The first night we did a driving tour of downtown while the kids slept in the car. It was beautiful. Then we spent some time doing nothing. We are getting lazy. Every couple of days we are in a new place with new pressures to take it all in. It's awesome, but  it's also exhausting. Plus, I am seriously exhausted. And super nauseous. I spend most of my day thinking about what I can eat at that exact moment that won't make me gag. And sometimes, by the time I have prepared that magical food, I can't even look at it anymore, much less eat it. So we are getting lazy. We spend a lot more time sitting around the RV than we were a month ago. This place was so beautiful that, in theory, we could have just sat outside in the filtered sunshine--me grading papers and the boys riding bikes--but the noseeums made that impossible. Tiny bastards. 

So the next day I spent the morning working and then we hung out at the RV. Then we drove around and stopped to eat at a cheap pizza buffet.

Where Judah conquered the ultimate double decker--a brownie on top of a piece of dessert pizza.

Finally, the next evening, the kids napped during the day and when they woke up we got to visit the city. It was beautiful--mossy trees creating canopies over streets lines with old brick mansions; a downtown with streets that move out of the way for giant tree roots; little squares with fountains, statues, and azaleas in full bloom--it was beautiful.

Judah found a fountain to play in.

And then we walked down to the river. Beans saw a boat.

And Judah found some pirates.

Then we crossed some cool bridges and made our way back to downtown.

Judah found a strange gutter that he and Beans had a lot of questions about.

And then we visited some of the squares.

The next day was really warm--close to 90*! The kids played outside for a couple of minutes. Sawyer found a nice burned log to play with.

And then spent most of the rest of the time trying to get the bugs out of his hair.

His hands were filthy and then he kept itching his face, so his whole body was filthy. They came in and had a bath and then we just chilled for the rest of our time here.

Savannah was beautiful.I would definitely come back here. But for now, we were still trying to lose those bugs. What is the point of beautiful weather if you can't be outside? So we packed up and continued to head north to South Carolina.