Day 6: Savanna and Beyond UPDATED!

Hi we are at a Best Western Tonight and the internet is a little spotty so I'll have to provide an update when we reach NOr'leans! Today we went to Savanna and Saw a Civil War Fort named Fort Pulaski, back to Savanna and I tried Pralines! Then we drove through the rest of Georgia and to Tallahassee where we are now! Tomorrow we depart for The French Quarter. So wish us luck! Updates to follow.

UPDATE:
Savanna was excellent though we did not stay too long we did have a great time exploring the fort and Savanna itself. Fort Pulaski was pretty interesting. It was named after a European who was mortally wounded in the battle of Savanna and helped defend the city from Biritish attack during the Revolutionary War The fort was originally built as a Masonry Fort after the War of 1812. For a while it fell into disarray until the what was known at the time as South Carolina Succeeded from the Union and the Confederates took the fort with a small 150 man garrison. It wasn't until Sherman came and descended upon the fort. It was a strategic location; at the mouth of two rivers. Thus Sherman needed it to tighten the naval blockade against the South. The confederates believed that the Union guns could not reach them from a near by island but the Union had just finished developing the rifled cannon and decided to use it in this battle. The new cannons made all the difference and the Union punched a hole in the south side of the fort and almost blew up the gunpowder magazine there, which would have obliterated the fort. Thus the Confederates surrendered. This marked the end of masonry forts.

When we finally got back to Savanna proper we were very hungry. We tired eating at this place titled Wall's BBQ but apparently it no longer existed. So instead we headed to River St. and ate at a semi commercial place there. It was good but seemed a little too processed. So in search of more fulfilling food we found the Savanna Candy Kitchen. They made excellent pralines which we got some samples of and they gave us $10.00 off mail order so we can have them any time. That pretty much covers us for Savanna so here are some of our totals.



So far we've seen 23% of the US
Travelled about 430mi
Average Movie was about 61mph
and the rest will have to wait while we retrieve the rest of the info from the car. Sorry!