Echo of Savannah

Following a great idea to its completion is edifying.  A while back my wife suggested we go to Savannah for our anniversary.  While looking for a swell bed and breakfast we discovered a great discount for a full week, so we grabbed it.

When we travel it’s a given that we have to take Oscar.  He’s just fifteen months old and by our measure, ‘still a puppy.’  So the thought of leaving him in a kennel chaffed at our hearts; and there-in lie’s the dilemma.  How to take time off from your routines while bringing them with you?  Like it or don’t, dogs need walking. Yupper, two times a day if you want sanity in the house; less if you’re willing to risk precious articles in the house to be chewed up.  So we rented a cute little carriage house on the edge of the historic district, with a park right across the way, and presto…perfect.

  Two days before we were scheduled to leave, Hurricane Isaac was plotted to drop a heap of foul weather onto Savannah.  We braced ourselves with about thirty pounds of books should we be weathered in; then we continued to move in the direction of our quest.  The rain came, and left, then came again, then left again, in a rhythm that thankfully was in concert with Oscar’s bowel movements.   Our trip was a mosaic of conventional tourist activities, (trolley tours around the historic city) and unconventional seeking out-of-the-way local amusements.  One thing that did stand out was our attitude to explore.  If we had arrived to be entertained, we’d have been sadly disappointed; perhaps tell anyone who would listen, that Savannah was devoid of anything of real interest.

   The city has such a unique charm; it’s difficult to describe it.  

Perhaps it was the numerous parks planted within the old district of squares; there are 22 of them.  Perhaps it was just the age of the buildings and the trees around them that suggested the entire area held an ancient cultivated wisdom. Perhaps it was the smell of all that vegetation.  Most likely I believe, it was our refreshing adventurous spirit to seek out something extraordinary.  And we found it, within our attitude. We were flexible to the influence of the unexpected and welcomed…change.