On Sept 7, we took a trip to Savannah, GA. We were originally supposed to go Labor day weekend with my friend Jayne who lives in Florida. She backed out a month before so we decided we'd go when it got cooler (I've been told it gets really hot there in the summer). Then I found a deal I couldn't pass up on Sunday night ($80 for a new 4-star hotel 50 feet from The Lady and Sons) so we left Monday morning. When we got to Savannah and found our hotel, Arden was sleeping, so we decided to drive to Tybee Island which was 20 minutes away.
Arden LOVED the water. She absolutely loved it. She laughed when I took her in the water and the waves hit her.
We sat her down in the sand and she would crawl right back into the water.
Luckily she wasn't very fast because she did not like crawling on the sand. It was horrible. It was basically small broken pieces of sea shells. It was hard, sharp and her knees were so red. It was hard to wash off too. Here she is trying to walk instead of crawl:
It was pretty windy and overcast that day, but the water was actually pretty nice.
We headed back to our hotel so Arden could take a nap before dinner. That wasn't happening. She refused to sleep in her pack n play, but she was soooo tired. We decided to put her in the stroller and walk around. She went to sleep pretty fast, but it is really hard to walk around parts of Savannah with a stroller! The sidewalks have little dips where the drain pipes come off the buildings so the water doesn't drain all over the sidewalk...so every 5 feet there are these dips and it's hard enough going over them with a stroller (the front wheels get stuck, so we had to pop the stoller up the back wheels) and a total pain with a sleeping baby(this might have just been around city market- I can't remember). We walked around looking for somewhere to eat and The Lady and Sons next available reservation was at 8:15. Thart wasn't happening. I wanted to eat at Mrs. Wilkes, but the are only open for lunch so we walked to River Street to look there. That was exciting with a stroller too. To get down to river street, there is kind of a skinny little sidewalk but cars were parked on it, and the 'alleys' to get down there are all cobblestone. VERY bumby and impossible with a stroller. So we carried the stroller down (Arden still sleeping) and when we got to the bottom, we saw the elevator. We had a much easier time getting back up.
We ate dinner at Tubby's. Good, but VERY overpriced. I ordered a Fried Oyster Platter for $17. I can get them at Steve's in Charlotte for $11 with unlimited hush puppies and I get double the oysters at Steves. Mmmm I could eat there now. I love that place. Arden woke up when we got there, so a short nap, but at least it was something.
Here she is telling daddy 'No No!'
After dinner, we walked around River street a little more then headed back to the hotel thinking Arden might go to bed early since she didn't have her two regular naps during the day. Nope. She wasn't going down into that pack n play without a fight, so that's what she did until 10PM (she's usually in bed at 8:30).
2 comments:
Great photos ~ It is WONDERFUL to watch Arden have FUN and EXPLORE!
Ha! That's great that Arden likes the water. I took Cora to the beach twice this summer (and she's 2), and each time she acted like she was going to fall right through the sand! And she would barely get near the water. She was kind of a wimp. She did like finding shards of shells though. It looks like you guys had a good time in Savannah!
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