Savannah

Yesterday Barbara and I travelled to Savannah for the day. We enjoyed a trolley ride through downtown and then a leisurely ride on the Georgia Queen. This city has a rich history predating the civil war. Notable items in Savannah’s history include slave trading, the cotton industry, General Sherman’s march through the southeast during the civil war and most recently the birth of the Girl Scouts. Today Savannah is the third busiest sea port in North America and the largest exporting port in the US. Most of the exports are automobiles. Automobile manufactures like KIA, Nissan and Volvo have manufacturing plants in the southeast that use Savannah’s port to ship overseas. Today the city is frequently used as a backdrop in the movie industry. Those shots of Forrest Gump sitting on the park bench, were filmed in Chippewa Square, in downtown Savannah. The downtown is full of old oak trees, beautiful parks, churches and numerous monuments and statues, and at one time Savannah was the capital of Georgia.