Day #298: Mike and I were up at 6:30 A.M. to prepare for departure. The weather was beautiful at departure sunny and 57 degrees. Engines were started at 7:20 A.M. At 7:30 A.M. "Parrot Bay" was away from the dock with the help of Bud and Sue from "Odyssey" who had to wait to be towed by TowBoat to Savannah for engine repairs. Mike timed "Parrot Bay's" departure so that the boat was at Hell's Gate at 10:30 A.M. on a slack but rising tide. At 7:45 A.M. TowBoat was inbound for "Odyssey". "Parrot Bay" was at Florida Passage at 9:45 A.M. At 10:30 A.M. "Parrot Bay" was at Hell's Gate (the water is very shallow so it should be crossed on a rising tide for more water and preferably no winds that could blow the water out) they met "Radiant" but both boats crossed at low slack and the lowest water that was seen was 4.3 feet. At 12:00 P.M. "Parrot Bay" was secure at Isle of Hope after a 37.7 mile day (3,130 miles total for the trip). The two talked to Patrick and Tina from "Sea Loons" the couples had not seen each other since Demopolis, AL. At 12:45 P.M. we saw TowBoat towing "Odyssey" as they went by Isle of Hope. Mike and I quickly ate a quick lunch and I called for an Uber ride to Old Savannah Tours. We were dropped off at 1:45 P.M. and started our tour of Savannah. Mike and I ended our tour heading to City Market where we bought cookies at Byrd's. The two of us decided to have an early dinner at Café at City Market we both had sandwiches. The two of us took a Uber back to the marina. Roger from "Miss Utah" stopped by the "Parrot Bay" we hadn't seen Roger since Columbus, Mississippi. Mike and I worked on boat jobs before sitting down for blogging, grocery list development, future navigation planning and reading.
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Pre-sunrise just beautiful colors at Sunbury.
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| Beautiful sunrise. |
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| One more look at Sunbury Crab Co. |
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| The pop machine is the dockhands office. His computer and credit card machine are inside the converted pop machine. |
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| TowBoat passing "Parrot Bay" heading to pick up "Odyssey" at Sunbury. |
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| Eagle just sitting on a tree limb. |
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| The same eagle soaring in the sky. |
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| Looking at Hell's Gate as "Parrot Bay" headed in. |
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Juvenile eagle sitting on a branch as "Parrot Bay" was heading into Isle of Palms Marine. |
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| TowBoat towing "Odyssey" passing Isle of Palms heading to Thunderbolt Marina in Savannah. |
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| Susanna Belmont, a character actor on the Historic Tour of Savanna. |
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Savannah Theatre first opened in 1818, the Savannah Theatre, located on Chippewa Square. It is one of the United State's oldest continually-operating theatres. 
Forrest Gump joined our tour. The bench that Hanks/Forrest sat on was actually a movie prop that has since been placed in the Savannah History Museum. 
Lots of wrought iron handrailing's and street lamp posts. 
Philbrick-Eastman house on Chippewa Square. 
Presidents and Poets Fence is in front of the Philbrick-Eastman house. 
The fish downspout that graces one of the Savannah mansions on Chippewa Square. It is said that the fish are good luck as they happily spit the rain away from your home while not allowing evil spirits up into the house through the gutters.
 "Lucky" Joe Jones, another character actor, played a member of the Mighty Eighth Air Force during WWII.  Sorrel-Weed House  The Mercer House 
The Armstrong House  Telfair Hospital for Females
 Massie School
 Pirates House 
Major Charles Oddingsells House 1797.
 Davenport House Museum 
The Kehoe House  Owens-Thomas House  Telfair Museum 
The Lady Chablis was a American actress, author, and transgender club performer. Through exposure in the bestselling nonfiction book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" that was adapted into a film in 1997 she became one of the first drag performers to be accepted by a wider audience.   City Market
The Olde Pink House.  
Beautiful cobblestone streets in the River District of Savannah.
Talmadge Memorial Bridge in Savannah Bridge. 
River Street Market Place. 
The Waving Girl Statue. For 44 years Florence Martus lived on nearby Elba Island with her brother, the lighthouse keeper, and no ship arrived for Savannah or departed from 1887 to 1931 without her waving a handkerchief by day or a lantern by night. Throughout the years the vessels in return watched for and saluted this quiet little woman. Few people ever met her yet she became the source of romantic legends when the story of her faithful greetings was told in ports all over the world. 
Haitian Monument which pays tribute to the group of Haitian soldiers who fought for American Independence during the Siege of Savannah in 1779. This monument demonstrate the "Les Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue," or Freedom Fighters. 
Mike and I bought some sweet treats at Byrd's. 
Mike and I had dinner at Café at City Market.
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