so this is the short [ha!] of the long, of the rest of the trip.
sunday we slept as long as c and emily. you know at least 8 am. ha! it rained the night before so everything outside was wet. wet items while camping, sucks! but we made the best of it, showered, ate breakfast, and headed to savannah.
goal: don't get wet.
we got there around 10. we parked at the "blue trolley" station. our plan was to take the trolley tour and use it as a way to "get around town easily". plus they had free parking. that soon failed. trolly's are open. no windows. when it rains and you can't simply roll up windows, so, you become...wet. luck for us it didn't start raining until the end of the ride. [c loved the trolley by the way. he was very quiet, and super observant. he was very busy looking left then right then back. emily also loved the ride, she played my iphone 90% of it. ha!] we quickly exited the trolly and ran to the car. we decided in the car we would just pay to park on river street and make our way walking.
we found a free parking spot in front of a fire station. it stopped raining[thank god] and we huffed it.
river street is very neat. lots to see. and lots to smell. and c got to see a big boat. that was awesome.
we stopped 4 places.
1. the candy kitchen [awesomeness]
2. a street vendor [he made bird feeders out of wine bottles]
3. spanky's for lunch
and 4. harley davidson store.
we then hung out by the river while steve walked all the way back to the car and drove to pick us up.
we were all really tired. luckily c fell asleep on the drive back to tybee, so i took emily to the pool for a little while. she couldn't have been happier.
steve took baby duty[he also napped]. we played in the pool for a few hours.
once c woke up we packed the car, and headed for dinner. we had a great seafood dinner, with decent live music. i, of course, had chicken.
after dinner we headed to the beach. it's so nice to play at the beach after 5 with kids. the sun/heat isn't ridiculous. and the masses are usually at dinner. we played until it was dark. i loved watching c run around. he l.o.v.e.d. the sand, the water, not so much. emily basically is a fish so all she wanted was to play in the waves. she wore herself out "getting the waves".
once it was dark we watchedthe fireworks. they. were. awesome.
the flying firework trash from them. was. not. awesome.
needless to say after that we headed to bed. and we were all glad.
monday morning we got up, packed up, showered, and headed to chris and carol's house to meet my parents. they graciously offered to take e and c to oatland, tybee's wildlife center. then drive them home. this way we could unload the camper, camping items, and car without "help".
they all headed out. they wore the kids out. they slept 3 hours home and were good to go once they arrived safely back.
well that's it. we had the best time. we made some of our favorite memories. emily is still talking about the trip. if c could talk he would still be talking about it. we can't wait to go back in a few years. :)
lastly, i want to give a shout out to carol, chris, and 'crazy cat" for showing us around, spending time with us, and loving us so much. you guys rock and we can't wait for you to visit. aaaand. if you need any furniture work call
carol. she is awesome. i mean it. awesome.
