Today its HOT! Somehow when you are on vacation the heat just cant keep you down or at least not completely. After a great breakfast which actually included bacon and fresh eggs and grits and fresh cut up fruit, we headed out for the Green Trolley! (You see hotels with a free breakfasts, translates to bagels, pastries, cereal and maybe some apples and oranges, so eggs is exciting after 15 days of the latter.) We boarded our trolley and Sparky began to tell us all about the history of Savannah as we winded through the tree lined streets. Savannah's history is to extensive to share in a blog so take it from me come and ride the trolleys for yourself! You wont regret it. We hopped on and off at several different spots around the historic district such as the pirates house restaurant which is one of the oldest original buildings and was of course inhabited by great pirates of the past who came to house to trade their wares. St. John the Baptist Cathedral called to all of us. Of all of the churches I have been in across the country I think this had to be one of the most beautiful. There are no words to describe the beauty of what you will find inside. I could have just sat there for hours listening to the volunteers tell the stories of each painting, each stained glass, and each year of history for this spirit filled cathedral. Trick Question for all of the Catholics: What makes a Cathedral a Cathedral? Answer: A Cathedral is where the Bishops throne resides. If the bishops chair is not in the building then no matter how big and beautiful, its still just a church! Once a cathedral, not always a cathedral. If the Bishop moves his chair on down the road, then the building returns to being a church! Cool Trivia! The riverwalk was our next stop. Here we watched the boats, the tugs, the monstrous container ships, and the river queens come and go. There are so man wonderful and unique little shops on this street that had it not been for the heat, we could have spent the day here people watching. Instead we headed in for some refreshing ice cream and then jumped back on the trolley. Jimmy and the kids planned to hit the pool while Mema planned to stay the heck out the heat and the sun, but I had not quite had enough of Savannah yet so I planned to walk around a bit. However, my sons little body had a few different plans for all of us. AJ was looking pretty pale and complaining of a sore throat. It didn't look good but I kept thinking, "oh its just the heat and he will be ok." Wrong! I took him upstairs where he laid down and said he just needed to rest a bit. I gave him some meds and sent Jimmy and Adriana off to the pool. Mema stayed with AJ and I head out for a bit too. We were scheduled to have dinner at Lady and Sons (Paula Deans Place) tonight so I was happy to see AJ out at the pool when I returned. I joined the family poolside to find my baby falling asleep in the chaise. No Paula for mommy tonight! Mema decided at the last min to stay with AJ and send me off to dinner with the family. The restaurant was pretty cool and the food was definitely down home southern style comfort food. The pan fired cornbread and cheddar and garlic biscuits were awesome as was her fried chicken and mashed potatoes. We very much enjoyed our meal. When we got back my son had taken a turn for the worse. He was now burning up with fever and vomiting. I ended my night cleaning up the vomit out of the carpet which unfortunately my mother in law had to clean up first. I had to have a roll away brought in along with the air mattress's we already had. Our room at the Hilton now looks more like a room at Joe and Bobs shack house! There are beds an bodies across every corner of our room. The beach towels and swimming suits have added elegance to our decor! Just call us Jed and Granny!!! LOL Pray for my son to wake up all better because we have a nine hour ride tomorrow to our next stop! (pictures tomorrow)
