I have returned from the sunny South -- Georgia and South Carolina -- where spring comes much earlier than it does in Minnesota. When I left Minnesota, we were delayed because the plane had to be de-iced. When I landed in Savannah, it was a welcome and wonderful 80 degrees.
Savannah Airport. The fountain was already green for St Patrick's Day, but leaving the land of white and brown, to me it was green for SPRING.
My friend lives in the South Carolina Lowcountry where centuries old live oaks hung with Spanish moss form shady tunnels over the roads.
Pre-Civil War rice fields stretch as far in every direction as the eye can see.
A modern fishing pier has replaced it, but traces of an old railroad trestle across the Broad River remain.
Pylons made of cypress that held up tracks and trestle carrying the heavy trains between Savannah and Charleston remain in the water a couple hundred years later.
During the Civil War, a battle was fought at nearby Honey Hill to protect this railroad. Confederates won that battle, but Sherman's Army wasn't far behind with flames and devastation.
I'm not sure the shrimp were smiling, but when we brought them home and dropped them directly into a pot of spicy boiling water, I was!
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Next time you come we'll have to get together, but we always take off over St. Patrick's Day.
ReplyDeleteThe oak trees with the Spanish moss look a real delight and of course the shrimps sound delicious.
ReplyDeleteCynthia in my opinion this is very interesting part of the world. I love the oaks are the same as Polish ones.
ReplyDeleteYum, that shrimp! I loved visiting South Carolina. The moss that hangs from those oak trees seems to be telling a story all it's own. And the history is rich.
ReplyDeleteOh I bet you enjoyed being down south for a while! We lived in Summerville SC when I was a child. I love those big oak trees hanging full of moss. Your little shrimp note is so cute!
ReplyDeleteAt the ungodly hour of 3.00 am!!!! Rule 1. Don't go to bed with the chooks!! ha ha.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos of the oak trees and that moss. The photo of Savannah airport reminded
me of the old airport arrival area at Perth - now a brand new airport has been built some
distance out of Perth and is of course now curfew free. It would be very busy now - 1.00 am
Perth time with flights departing to the Pacific side capitals - for 5.00 am / 6.00 am arrivals.
I don't believe I would like to be a shrimp, lobster, any species of the family of crustaceans
or as we have here - yabby.
Death by boiling does not seem to appeal - ha ha.
Cheers and now hopefully back to "the land of Nod"????
Colin
I had the great pleasure of visiting Savannah, one of my favorite places, ripe with history and beauty.
ReplyDeleteYour posts are always interesting Cynthia, good photos, with just the right amount of description. Hope it's not still snowing now that you are home.
ReplyDeleteFresh shrimps sound delicious. Beautiful trees with the moss on them.
ReplyDeleteI like those Spanish moss trees, must be nice to be in the warmth of the south.
ReplyDeleteMore beautiful scenes from your travels. It does look nice and warm there. I hope it is warming up where you are. Today it is overcast and raining but the rain has been delayed by 2 days. Now it iis Spring so the rains won't be nearly as heavy as they are over the winter.
ReplyDeleteDid you tuck any of that warm weather in your carry on to bring back home to Minnesota? Or any of the shrimp? ;-) Welcome back.
ReplyDeleteI've never been to many of the southern states. It's fun to see it through your camera. I'll bet the shrimp was wonderful. This sort of reminds me of Forrest Gump.
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ReplyDeleteI've lived 'travelling ' with you! :-)
ReplyDeleteInteresting to read about your South...I have read books re the area..
ReplyDeleteOh I would love some fresh shrimp...I never order it in the resturaunt...because it is so old. Looks like a wonderful warm trip:)
ReplyDeleteTraces of that old railroad is very interesting for me. I like travelling by trains but I don't like riding over water. I wonder if I would have liked riding on a train over water.
ReplyDeleteThe shrimp is smiling, yes, but I guess it was happy to make a tummy happy. Hope you enjoyed them :)
A few years ago we celebrated Easter in the Cathedral in Savannah; such a wonderful city, full of parks and squares!
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