First post - Day trip to Savannah, GA

We've started a blog so when people say "What have you been up to" we can actually remember, and have pictures to share!  Today we decided to kick things off right with a trip to Savannah, GA.  It's a city only about 2 hours from Charleston, so it's perfect for a day trip.  We've been there several times, but always on foot...so today we packed up the bicycles and headed out to explore.  There were two things I wanted to do - try Angel's BBQ and make a stop at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge just outside Savannah.

Angel's is a place I've heard about, but never tried.  I had also heard that it's difficult to find.  They were right.  Steve and I biked all over trying to find the address - 21 West Oglethorpe Lane.  Our first problem is that we were searching for it on Oglethorpe Ave.  Clearly that wasn't working out.  We stopped to consult Steve's phone and headed off for Oglethorpe LANE, but after several blocks, still no luck.  Turns out we had headed off in the wrong direction.  We finally did find it, and it was closed.  The website had indicated they were open Sundays, but the sign in the door said "Open Tues-Sat, 11:30 am until we run out".  That's a good sign of good BBQ, in my book.  Maybe we'll get to it next time.  Our second choice for lunch was the Crystal Beer Parlor.  We split the pulled pork nachos and a reuben (both were awesome).

After lunch we biked for another hour or so.  Savannah has gorgeous neighborhoods, with cobbled streets huge live oak trees that shade the whole street.  It's Palm Sunday and tourists and locals were our en mass to enjoy the flawless blue sky, no humidity, and temps in the mid-70s.  Forsythe Park was busy and we stopped to pet several cute puppies.  We walked around a bit before we left too - picked up some of my favorite Savannah snack (pecan caramel corn from the Savannah Candy Kitchen). 

The fountain at Forsythe Park:

 Down by the riverfront:

On the way back home we stopped at the Savannah Wildlife Refuge.  It's free and in June the scenic road through the marshes opens back up.  We'll definitely be back to check it out because it seems like a great place to bird watch and kayak.  We pulled over at a couple of places and spotted lots of wild alligators, maybe a dozen or so.  A couple were pretty big, like this one: