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Info for RVers... |
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...from a fulltime RVer |
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Wormsloe
Historic Site
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7601
Skidaway Road
Savannah, GA 31406 Phone: (912) 353-3023 |
March
31, 2007
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Pick up a map and make your way down the trail for other interesting and note-worthy stops. |
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These
are the ruins of the first "tabby" house started in 1793
by the original owner, Noble Jones. Originally it had 8' high walls
to ward off Indian or Spanish attacks. Tabby = lime, sand, oyster
shell and water molded to harden to withstand the Georgia climate.
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At the Colonial Life Area in front of the "wattle and daub"
hut, another building method. Dressed in period clothes, David showed
us some of the tools of the times and how the hut was built. Chris
and Kassi were eager students and later shaved a cedar branch smooth
using a rather wicked looking thingamajig (that's a technical term
for "I can't remember the tool name").
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A
view of The Narrows through the moss
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If
you're lucky, you'll be there when Kathy Morris is working. She
was absolutely delightful and when I told her I was in Savannah
to do an article about ghostly residents, she showed me the remains
of the family graveyard and told me about the strange young palmetto
plant that will wave wildly sometimes even when there's not the
slightest breeze blowing and nothing else is moving. Unfortunately,
when I was there, I couldn't testify to this because it was a breezy
day anyway. But I believe, Kathy, I believe! Even when not seen,
energy never dies - and I can't blame even spirits for not wanting
to leave here!
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Click
here to read "Spooky Savannah" - my article published
in MotorHome Magazine in the October 2007 issue (published with
permission)
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Side note: Reliving history give you an appetite? If you get hungry while here, I recommend a little place called Ozzy'z Grill just down the road from Wormsloe. I took a break and went there at Kathy's recommendation. They had one of the best Philly Cheesesteaks I've ever had and you've just got to try their beer-battered fries! |
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