USA TRAVEL GUIDE, “SOUTHEAST” GEORGIA

           GEORGIA:THE PEACH TREE STATE

BY CLAY LARROY

The preparation for a vacation is almost as exhilarating as the vacation itself. I love printing out the tickets and confirmations while thinking about how much fun I will have on vacation.  Start now planning your vacation. I think that some of the best destinations in the world are right here in our great country America. So I am continuing my tour across America.          SAVANNAH: "The Hostess City of the South"  According to the website if Savannah’s trees could talk… They’d tell you about pirates, cotton, and a revolutionary town plan dating to 1733. They’d tell you about a citizenry that treats hospitality as an art form, of a St. Patrick’s Day celebration that defies description, and of a city’s beauty so profound that it stopped even General William Tecumseh Sherman in his tracks. They’d tell you about a group of women who banded together to protect this historic treasure, inventing the modern preservation movement in the process. And then those same trees – an urban canopy unequalled in the United States – would offer a more recent story. They’d tell you about things happening on the Coast that are transforming Georgia’s first city into one of the most dynamic and creative economies in the southeast.

Tybee Island Light Station & Tybee Museum

The Tybee Island Light Station is one of America’s most intact having all of its historic support buildings on its five-acre site. Rebuilt several times the current light station displays its 1916 day mark with 178 stairs.

Wayne Chambers Gallery

Wayne has studied fine art throughout his life, including life drawing, oil painting, and composition at the New York Art Students League. His style has been nurtured from the experience of famous painters and teachers. In June 2000, Wayne relocated to Savannah. 305 W. Bryan St.

Albert Seidl

Both a realist and impressionist, Alber Seidl’s powerful and dynamic design is combined with gentle and delicate beauty that creates pieces that capture both the eye and the soul of his admirers. His musicians and marine images are the most popular and hang in homes and galleries worldwide. 312 W. St. Julian St., Franklin Ward

Luba Lowry

Brushing Against Identity! Through portraiture, I explore the complex correlation between the personality of nature and the nature of personality. My paintings have been the featured décor in restaurants from Germany to Minneapolis, and more recently have been seen hanging in art galleries in Savannah and Atlanta. 309 W. St. Julian St., Studio FSU-7.

Sue Gouse

Much of Sue Gouse inspiration for her oil paintings comes from her travels, with special emphasis on the beach and the mountains. Sue believes life, along with her ability to paint, is a gift from God, and her palette reflects her love of beauty in vivid color. 309 W. St. Julian St.

Outside Hilton Head

Palmetto Bluff only 20 minutes from River Street. Guided Kayak Tours, Fishing, Dolphin Tours, Stand-Up Paddleboarding, Charter Fishing, Boat Charters, Rentals, tours of historic Daufuskie Island, + Teambuilding. Bring the family through the tidal creeks, salt marshes and waterways that surround Hilton Head Island and the May River.

Splash In The Boro

Splash in the Boro Waterpark! Spend some time relaxing in the 800 ft. Lazy River or try surfing on the only wave machine in Georgia…the FlowRider! We also offer 2 large swimming pools, a 5-lane Mat Racer slide, 3 large waterslides, a play pool, a leisure pool and a large spray pad!

Dolphin Magic Tours

Touring Savannah’s Historic Waterways! We invite you to come aboard, sit back, relax and enjoy a full featured narrated tour of Savannah’s Riverfront, waving Girl, Fort Jackson and Fort Pulaski (trip route/duration varies according to dolphin location). Each cruise is 1-1/2 to 2 hours long.

Savannah Riverboat Cruises

See Savannah From The River That Made Her! Relive a bygone era on board one of our Riverboats. Hear our captain’s intriguing tales and historic facts as we travel a river once used by the founders of our beautiful city. Learn about the history of Savannah, her port modern day and past.

Spa Bleu

Spa Bleu, voted Best of Savannah 2012 by readers of Connect Magazine, welcomes you with the elegance, hospitality and history of the beautiful city of Savannah, Georgia. A touch of the exotic combined with a variety of European and traditional, Organic spa treatments will refine your experience of true ‘bleu’ southern comfort. 

Old Savannah Tours

WE BRING SAVANNAH’S HISTORY TO LIFE

Bringing Savannah’s History To Life is not just a slogan….it’s our promise. Along with our uniquely personal descriptions of Savannah’s rich and spellbinding history, actual historical re-enactors appear from time to time, boarding and walking the aisles of your trolley. You might see Forrest Gump, Georgia founder General James Oglethorpe, or a lingering pirate from the old days at the historic Pirate’s House. Your tour guide might even be dressed in a wardrobe from long ago as well.

REFERENCE SITES

http://www.visitsavannah.com/

http://www.savannah.com/

http://savannahga.gov/

Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic.

 David Morrissey

Live life and travel often, the more you travel, the more memories you create!