The first thing we noticed about the Savannah area are the live oaks draped with Spanish moss. The old trees are huge, create canopies over the roads and have these long curly grey beards hanging from all their branches. It looks like some mystical place you would imagine witches living yet very beautiful.
We stayed on Skidaway Island state park which is right in the intracoastal waterway of GA, where we met another road school family, who are taking the year to travel to all 48 states.
We finally hit a big city, Savannah, because it is loaded with history. Established in 1733 by James Oglethorpe, Savannah is set up with park like squares that have historical placards and statues every few blocks so it was a perfect way to walk/tour/sit and enjoy the city. We visited the Cathedral of John the Baptist, the First African American Baptist Church (which was part of the underground rail road), sampled famous Leopolds ice cream, hung out in the historical district and watched big ships come into port.
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