From South Carolina to Florida

Did you ever have one of those days when you put on your shoes and the shoe laces break, then you put on your jacket and the zipper jams, and you want to put scotch tape on something but can't find the tape's edge, and your toast is too light so you give it a few seconds more and it burns? It was that kind of day for us.

We got off to a late start due to some business I had to handle, the Hotel's breakfast was resoundingly mediocre, and when we stopped at the Georgia Welcome Center and inquired about the most beautiful area of Savannah to visit they recommended the historic waterfront. Put St. Lawrence Blvd. along the St. Lawrence River and you get the general idea.

We ran into a long delay near Jacksonville due to some accident two miles ahead. Not surprising. We saw ample evidence of people not looking where they're going including two incidents of vehicles suddenly coming into our lane when we were right beside them. So my car horn proved invaluable today.

Then we had difficulty finding accommodations at the end of the day because some car show has brought hordes of fans to this area (we're less than an hour from Tampa). We finally obtained a place at 8:30 p.m. then went next door to Sonny's Bar-B-Q for another walloping dose of culinary mediocrity.

Anyway, we're in another Microtel Inn and ready to call it a day.

The photos:
Carol under a tree outside a South Carolina Visitor Center. The house is a genuine specimen of antebellum architecture. (It's in the dictionary).

The streetcar is waterfront transportation in downtown Savannah.