2/23/2020

Weekly Update 2/16/2020

Jan and her friend Gerry visited from Gulf Shores Alabama. They drove all day Wednesday, arriving in the evening. We really didn’t have time for anything the first evening except going out for a quick supper at Papa’s.

Thursday, we went downtown. Because Gerry is an artist, she wanted to go to the Blick Store. That was really handy to DH, and I parked there. It was good that I could do that, because it started to rain, and we didn’t have for to go far to get back to the car. We also went to the Owen Thomas House for a tour that was very good. It continued to rain, so we drove around Savannah a little – River Street, the squares, Forsyth Park, and Jan took photos from the car. I took them out to the Tybee Post Theater, because I love that place, and they were showing the movie Little Women.

By Friday, the rain had stopped, but it was cold, and made worse by the high winds. It was the day of the Georgia Day History Parade, and I always enjoy that. This year the theme was votes for Women. Jan and I went, but Gerry stayed behind because standing in the cold to watch a bunch of kids is not something she was enthusiastic about. Jan left me downtown so that I could do my tours at DH, while she and Gerry went out to Wormsloe, and I think they liked that. Then they met me at The 90 for drinks after that.

Saturday, I had to open BC, but after that, we drove to Beaufort for a more touring. It still wasn’t warm, but it was sunny, so that made it seem a bit better. We took a horse drawn carriage ride of the historic part of the city. That was interesting and informative. And I learned something new: much of Forrest Gump was filmed there! I didn’t know that. But the Vietnam scenes were filmed at Parris Island, shrimp boat scenes were filmed on the Beaufort River, and bridge across the Mississippi River when Forrest was running, was actually over the Beaufort River. When we got back to the condo, we watched the movie, and identified some of the things we’d seen.  

They left early Sunday morning. It was wonderful to have them here, and they were very casual and did not demand much from me. Which works out well, since I don’t offer much as far as food and hospitality go. Clean sheets and towels is about the extent of my welcoming, but they seemed to be fine with that. I enjoyed having them here, and perhaps they’ll be back some day.