A scenic view of Savannah's river harbor. Our recent return visit to this great city was much anticipated on our part. Our visit last year was just to darn short and we had vowed to return. We once again placed ourselves in the hands of local tour guides to get a quick picture of what we wanted to see in greater depth later. I would recommend the 'Old Town Tours' trolleys for a good trip around the city with a marvelous depiction of local sites, history, and famous people. Other tours companies offer similar tours at similar prices, but they do stop at different sites and Old Town fit our needs better. My recommendation is to check out their routes and see which one works for you.

We did take the Old Savannah tour bus also, but was a bit dissappointed in the lack of scheduled buses. We took the tour with the option of getting on and off when and where ever (authorized stops) we wanted. Due to the lack of scheduled buses we (and a large group of folks ended up waiting close to an hour a bus to pick us up at one of the designated stop/pickup areas. They advertise a bus every 20 minutes, the result was a group of disheartened tourists. Add to this, a rather cavalier attitude on the part of the dispatcher, a poor situation was made worse. The tour company finally dispatched a special bus to pick us up, but by the time that bus got there, there were to many people for the bus to carry. So another special bus (at additional waiting time) was dispatched. I'm sure that the company doesn't operate like this all the time ( I hope), but they should have offered recompense of some sort to assuage the many dissappointed passengers. Regardless, I still recommend the tour buses as a great way to get the lay of the land.

We stayed at the Bellaire Woods RV park off Highway 204 west of I-95. A nice wooded park, though creative leveling and crowding were a couple of detractors. That and the fact that it rained for a good portion of our stay were the only real downsides to the stay. The RV park is heavily wooded, so if you happen to depend on satellite internet as we do, then site selection becomes an issue. We had to suffer withdrawals as we could not get a clean signal out and because of a crowded park we were not able to change to an alternative site. But, we managed to survive despite the lack of an internet fix. They do have Wifi at additional cost offered by Linkspot that we used on our last day to check mail and take care of some other business.

As with the last visit, we enjoyed our time in Savannah. We were able to get in some paddle time, enjoy some good eats, take in a couple of good tours including the 'Old Town Tours' ghost tour, and check out some nice museums and a cematary. I rate Savannah as one of those cities you need to see at least once in a lifetime.