Savannah GA - Here I Am!

Wow! It has been quite a long day -- or should I say two! I left my house on Sunday evening, April 13th about 9:15 pm. I went to the Flyaway in Van Nuys and unfortunately I missed the 10:00 bus and so I had to wait 30 minutes. My flight was scheduled to leave at 12:10 am. By the time I got to the airport, checked in, went through security and used the bathroom they were boarding my plane! How perfect was that timing! I flew American Airlines and thankfully the flight wasn't cancelled! I had a 2 hour 40 minute flight to Dallas TX. It was a FULL flight and thankfully I had an aisle seat. Unfortunately my legs (restless legs) did not cooperate and it was a very long flight! I arrived on time and had just enough time to get to the next gate and they were boarding the next flight. This time I had a two hour flight to Atlanta. Again I had the aisle seat and again it was a full flight! Wow! Even my flight to Italy wasn't as bad as this one. Once we landed the taxi to the gate took about 30 minutes! I thought I was going to die!

Nicole got in so late and she and Melinda didn't go to bed until almost four. Therefore Melinda woke up when I called her to let her know I had landed. The hotel was right next to the airport. We went back to the hotel and they finished getting ready and we headed out to Savannah. It is about a four hour drive! I had a hard time staying awake and I was grateful to get a few minutes of sleep from time to time on the drive. We also stopped at Wendy's for lunch on our way. The interstate we drove on was really out in the middle of nowhere. We didn't pass a lot of large towns, etc. However it is beautiful to see all the green trees.

We arrived in Savannah around 4:00 pm and we drove straight to Paula Deen's restaurant "The Lady & Sons". This is what Nicole wanted to do and so it was top priority. They do not take reservations and only take people on first come first serve and when we arrived they had no more availability for the night. We were disappointed. They did tell us to come back around 7:30 pm and we may be able to have a seat at the bar or a table top. We decided to go to the hotel and get checked in a freshened up. We got on the Internet and made some decisions about what we wanted to do/see while we are here. So, we have an itinerary planned out now. So we will be burning the candle at both ends.

We went back into town and about 6:45 we were going past the restaurant to go to the parking plaza and so we stopped to see if they could let us in. Nicole worked her magic and she got us in! Paula Deen is a great southern cook and the food was wonderful! We all had the buffet - fried chicken, peppered steak, pork, potatoes, cornbread corn dish, lots of different vegetables, sweet potatoes and more! We had biscuits and hot cakes and yummy desserts! We all ate too much but enjoyed every bit of it! Nicole was in heaven! After dinner we walked around the park right next to the restaurant and then went to River Street. It was after 9:00 pm and the stores were closed. We decided we would come back in the daylight.

It is now almost 11:00 and the bed is screaming my name! So, I am going to listen and head there now! Tomorrow will be an early morning and a full sight-seeing day!

One more thing - I had a "Melinda Moment" today. As I mentioned, I have had very little sleep today. When we were coming into Savannah I was just waking up from a short nap. I saw a large building and said to everyone, "Wow, I wonder if that is the Atlanta Temple?" Melinda started laughing and said, "The Atlanta Temple?" and I responded 'yes'. She then reminded me "Alisa the Atlanta Temple is in Atlanta and we are four hours away in Savannah!" Well, we all started laughing and I found myself on "Melinda's side" of the experience!