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Southeastern US Days 16-20: Savannah, Georgia

6 April 2023 • 233 km / 144 mi (map)

  • Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 7 April 2023
  • Georgia 9

We’ve been spending this week in the already-sultry heat of Savannah, Georgia. It’s been around 30°C / 85°F most of the week, which — for those of us acclimated to Pacific Northwest climate — is quite enough, thank you.

We hear it gets hotter in the summer. Bleh.

On Sunday morning, I enjoyed one last sunrise on the farm …

A tidal marsh and calm creek at dawn, with a silhouetted oak tree overhanging the left side and a small dock and gangway visible in the dark foreground water. The sky glows orange and pink along the horizon fading into deep blue overhead, all mirrored in the still water below.
east of Townsend, Georgia
east of Townsend, Georgia
A tidal salt marsh at dawn with calm water reflecting an orange and peach sky, a small floating dock in the lower left, and silhouetted trees and grasses along the far shore where a low band of mist hangs over the water.
east of Townsend, Georgia
A sunrise over a coastal salt marsh, with the sun sitting low on the horizon casting golden and orange light across a still tidal creek. Silhouetted live oak branches draped with Spanish moss frame the top of the scene, and a small dock with a metal walkway sits along the water’s edge at left, reflected in the calm water.
east of Townsend, Georgia

… and then I drove up to Hilton Head Island to reconnect with Lisa. We gave a friend of hers a ride to the Savannah airport and then began our exploration of the city itself.

We did a lot of walking around the city. Here are some random captures from here and there:

Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia

This was a favorite coffee shop near where we stayed for part of the week:

Perc Coffee, Savannah, Georgia

Near the coffee shop was what I thought was an abandoned industrial building. Then I started hearing music and other work sounds from inside. Turns out it’s the headquarters of Southern Pine Company, which is an active business with an elegant web site that provides reclaimed building materials for construction.

A weathered brick industrial building with large multi-pane windows, many of them cracked or missing glass, bearing a long horizontal sign reading “THE STAR” in white letters. A smaller vintage sign hanging on decorative ironwork advertises “NU-SHEEN DRY CLEANING,” and a wooden bench sits along the base of the wall.
Southern Pine Company of Georgia, Savannah, Georgia
Southern Pine Company of Georgia, Savannah, Georgia
An old two-story brick warehouse building with a weathered red metal roof and a long faded sign reading “Southern Pine Company” across the storefront, with large multi-paned windows, a yellow fire hydrant out front, and a leafy tree overhead under an overcast sky.
Southern Pine Company of Georgia, Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia · by Lisa Rozmyn
Looking upward at tall trees with dark, silhouetted foliage against an overcast gray sky, rising above an old stone wall topped with a metal railing.
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia · by Lisa Rozmyn

I love that many of the old concrete street signs remain standing.

Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Three sabal palm trees stand in front of a decaying brick building with tall columns and a portico, its roof and windows in ruins under a hazy, foggy sky. Red-flowering bottlebrush shrubs fill the foreground of the scene.
Savannah, Georgia
An abandoned red-brick building, possibly a former gas station or depot, with a large overhanging canopy supported by brick pillars decorated with yellow tile accents. Weeds grow up through cracked concrete pavement in the foreground, a wooden fence lines a ramp, and palm trees and a misty morning sky are visible in the background.
Savannah, Georgia
An elevated dusk view over the rooftops of Savannah, Georgia, with a floodlit white church steeple rising above tree-lined streets and historic brick buildings. In the distance the tall towers of a cable-stayed bridge are silhouetted against a fading blue-and-orange sky, while lit windows and street lamps glow across the darkening skyline.
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Townsend, Georgia, to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and then to Savannah, Georgia · 233 km / 144 mi
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