Savannah & North

We arrived in Savannah and lazed around for a day, not sure what we wanted to see. We made online reservations for the next day on an open air on-off tour trolley. On that day we drove to the Savannah Visitor Center, and at 9 am we boarded our trolley. There are 15 stops along the 1-1/2 hour, 9.5 mile route with historical dialog during the ride. We decided to not get off anywhere but listen to everything they were talking about. Back at the beginning of the trip  we had to board another trolley with another driver who during his spiel added the same and more information along the route.

We decided to get off at a heritage center where we learned about the Indian and British influences in the area. General James Oglethorpe was commissioned by the King to start a colony between the British seaport in Charleston, South Carolina, and the Spanish colonies in Florida. The people he brought with him were skilled laborerswho had been put in debtors prison. In return for their service they could earn their freedom. He sailed up the Savannah River, found a high bluff, and decided that was to be the location of his colony. He was greeted by native Indians who helped them settle.  Several locations in Savannah are dedicated to the leaders of the natives. Oglethorpe even brought many of the to England to meet the King, and everywhere they went they were treated as royalty.

Oglethorpe had 4 rules for Georgia, two of which are: no lawyers were allowed (he had a friend who was poorly represented in England and was sent to debtors prison where he died); no catholics (he was concerned they would sympathize with the Spanish and subvert the Georgia colony).

After the Center we boarded the trolley and went back to the beginning of the tour, boarded still another trolley, this time debarking at the Prohibition Museum, learning about the history of that movement. We then had lunch, visited Paula Dean's shop, reboarded another trolley and drove back to the RV Resort. The remainder of our stay we stayed there.

We then drove to Fayetteville,  North Carolina, where we stayed for four days, not doing much but eating at some great restaurants. We also went to Camping World and purchased some items to make small repairs. 

Today we drove to Richmond, Virginia. Our campground  is located right next to Kings Dominion Amusement Park. Fortunately it is closed at this time of year except for weekends so we don't have a lot of traffic. We'll be here for a few days before moving on.