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Stop-off in Savannah on our way south

We pulled into the Sleep Inn hotel around 2:30pm today, and after changing rooms 3 times due to unpleasant smells (we recommend against staying at the Sleep Inn in Port Wentworth, GA) we headed into historic Savannah to walk around the city and try to scrounge up some southern cuisine.  Back in September of 2003 on our trip to Beaufort, SC, we spent a day walking around Savannah, and we didn't really see anything new this time around, but it's such a beautiful, quaint, and historic city in which to stroll around that we enjoyed it all the same.  Very relaxing, not too many tourists, not too much action, but we love it in this part of the country (especially Caroline).  Stopped off for an oyster happy hour down by the river, had 2 dozen raw and an order of fresh steamed shrimp.  Never had fresh steamed shrimp before - very good!  Then we walked down the touristy river walk, and stopped in for more oysters and some dinner (hush puppies for Caroline, of course) before heading home (the hotel, that is).  We even got to sit outside for dinner, seeing how the weather was so cooperative this evening.  There's a cold front moving in though, and we'll see lows in the upper twenties all the way down to St. Augustine, Florida as we continue on our journey.