We went into Savannah again today and just walked around. Visited an old cemetery which was used by Sherman's soldiers after his march from Atlanta to Savannah at the end of the Civil War. Apparently the soldiers caused a lot of damage to the cemetery such that a number of the graves were lost and the markers were just placed along the back wall. The soldiers defaced the markers by changing the dates of birth and death such that some people were recorded as dying before they were born etc.
Waiting to get into Paula Deen'sOne of the big stars of Savannah is Paula Deen who rose up from being a bag lady to a having a restaurant in city and who has along with her two sons published dozens of cook books and sells all sorts of stuff under her name. The line-up at her restaurant starts in the early morning for lunch. I had never heard of her before our visit to Savannah.
A lot of the houses in Savannah are very attractive and have very nice gardens. Of course many of the homes in downtown Savannah are of historical importance and date from the late 17 to early 1800's.
We walked by one of the oldest live oak trees in Georgia called the Candler Oak. Reputed to be over 270 years old and it is huge. Live Oaks do not loose their leaves in the fall and each tree has a web of interlocking branches that spread out over a large area. In addition, the branches attract Spanish Moss which hangs on each and every branch. Spanish Moss is home to a small bug called a chigger that bites and leaves red marks. You do not want to touch the Moss. Apparently when Henry Ford built his first Model T he used Spanish Moss for the stuffing in the seats. However, he did not boil it first and as a result anyone who bought his cars developed a red rash from sitting on the seats. At one time it was also used for bed stuffing until they determined that the moss was loaded with bugs.
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