Day 4

We got up a little to late to have our continental breakfast at the Best Western, but that's OK. We got our sleep. Alicia and I had packed snacks like muffins and apples so we munched on the way.


Ah. Savannah! The place Alicia and I had been waiting for! And totally NOT what I expected, and I think Alicia would agree. The drive to Savannah was relatively short, only 4 hours compared to most of our other 9 hour drives. It was beautiful weather. Route 16 goes right into downtown, a little strange, but good for a visitor. Our hotel was located right downtown, very close to the City Market and the River.

We checked in at 2:00, knowing well and good that check in is technically at 4. I had previously printed the confirmation page, as well as checked to make sure that we had changed the reservation for 2 people instead of 3. Everything was lookin' good on paper. Not so much at the hotel where they had the wrong reservation linked with the confirmation number, and had the wrong rate for the room. I was quite frustrated by this whole issue... it was thankfully worked out by the ever cool Alicia.

We decided since it would be at least an hour until our room was ready to start walking around Savannah. I think that I had imaged amazing houses and shops every where... something a little more classy then what seemed to be before us. First stop, the Lady and Son's restaurant to make sure we could get dinner reservations.

We got them for 8:45 pm. Sounded great. We then grabbed lunch at Belford's in the city market. It was a pretty decent meal. The drinks however, were another story. I have come to find that I have no tolerance for liquor and Alicia learned of her distaste for Key Lime Martini's and their frothiness. The atmosphere was nice in the restaurant, and it was good to just chill.

We then walked all around the river front. River Street is the "known" area in Savannah. It's pretty and some of the buildings are really cool, and obviously it's all really historic.. so that's neat... however, we thought it was weird that for the most part, it was empty and when you walked over a few streets "too far" you would have walked into an area that seemed perhaps, not the safest of spots. All in all, the city is very neat to run around in. There are squares of little parks and then a large park (name Forsyth Park) in the middle. Most of the squares have statues or fountains. As with most cities, you find a few characters out and about.
After walking around for a few hours, we headed back to the hotel to crash for a bit before dinner.

We made it to the restaurant a little early, but it was alright, we were seated a little early. Paula Deen is Alicia's FAVORITE person (there may actually be a tie between her and Wentworth Miller, and of course, moi). She was hoping to run in to her idol, but alas, Paula was a no show. The menu looked wonderful. There were many appetizers, and about 10 entrees. At least 5 of them had shrimp so that was a no go for me... and about 8 of them were seafood, so Alicia's was out on that. We decided on the buffet and fried green tomato appetizers. They came over with some wonderful hoebread (quite like a pancake) and a delicious cheesy biscuit. The tomatoes were yummy too, except they had this spicy stuff on them, which was a little too much. We then went for the buffet. Ready? There was fried chicken, stewed chicken, steak, mashed potatoes, green beans in a butter bath, grits, gravy, lima beans, collard greens and my personal favorite, mac and cheese (i was the first to dive in to the new pan that came out). The food, although was delicious, was a little too much for my body to handle. The lack of the gall bladder made me not so happy... but of course, i had to get dessert. The buffet came with dessert but I had been saving myself all week for Paula Deen Key Lime Pie. And it was 100% worth it. YUM.

So we stuffed ourselves silly and then promptly passed out in bed. The beds were wickedly comfortable. And we were out.

PS to our Marathon friends: We "ran" our 26.2 miles along with you. Start at 10:30 we tracked our time, and it should be known, we won the prize. We finished in 20 minutes and 4 seconds. That's right... we won, not some amazing African Runner! :)