June 27 - Sightseeing and Family Visit

Busy day! We were up just after 8. Our neighbor knocked to let us know they were going to be shutting the water off shortly so we hurried and got our showers. We had breakfast after, then while Bill cleaned up the kitchen I wrote 2 days of journals before it was time to go.

We drove down to River Street in Savannah to get pictures of The Waving Girl statue. It’s a monument on the river dedicated to Florence Martus who spent 44 years waving a welcome to each incoming ship and goodbye to all out-going ones passing to and from Savannah Harbor. The story is she waved good-bye to her beau and continued to watch for his return and wave to the ships. She never saw him again and lived with her brother who was the lighthouse keeper. It’s very sad!

One of the planes on display

Bill and Jimmy Stewart

From downtown we headed out to Pooler where we stopped at Camping World for a couple of things and to find out about the leak under the sink when flushing the black tank. We learned that it’s the siphon valve and next time Bill tries to flush the tank if it isn’t working properly I will call our RV company and order the part. It looks pretty easy to replace, just in a tight awkward spot. We had lunch at the Cracker Barrel across the street, then went to the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum that is at the same intersection. It’s really a nice museum and we spent about 2.5 hours there. They have several good videos and lots of WWII memorabilia. It basically dedicated to the men of the 8th Air Force Division. It was all built on donations and private funding.

Jeff called when we were close to done and let us know they had arrived and had taken a nap so to come whenever. We were only about 15 minutes away and their place was really easy to find. Jeff and Kim’s dad were finishing up making ribs and Kim’s mom had made all kinds of side dishes. Kim’s daughter Laura and her 3 children and later her husband were there, in addition to Kim’s brother and niece so it was a small crowd. Everyone was really nice and so cordial to have us. The ribs were delicious and so tender and the meat fell off the bone. Everything was excellent! I took my cake and crisp and everyone seemed to enjoy them. We didn’t have a lot to bring home so that was good. Before leaving we made plans to meet Kim and Jeff for lunch tomorrow at Bubba’s.

Xena was ready and waiting to go out when we got home and it looked like rain so we rushed her walk and I put 3 bags of fresh veggies Jeff brought us in the VIP fridge. He brought tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and yellow squash. Good thing as I didn’t buy much veggies this week. We watched a movie on TV after an episode of NCIS.