Savannah

Day 21

Destination: Savannah, GA

Miles Ridden: 230     Total Miles: 5,248

Route: Highways 95, 16, 17

Points of Interest:

• River Street
• Kevin Barry's Irish Pub
• Bernie's Pub
• Olde Harbor Inn

The threat of thunder storms was once again before us as we loaded up in Daytona and started to Savannah, GA. We started out in T-shirts, in fact, none of us has worn a jacket since the first day of the trip, 21 days ago. It was already warm and humid at 8:30 a.m. Our first stop was Daytona HD, which is a magnificent dealership. It is the largest in the country, two stories, and boasts a cafe, plus a restaurant and bar called Destination in a building separate from the dealership. It truly was a destination, and had a windshield screw that the previous six dealerships did not have. We got what we "needed," and we were off again.

 

We encountered light rain only as we rode north on 95. Past Jacksonville, Florida, we began to cross bridges which ran over and through waterways and marshes, and only periodically could you see the Atlantic Ocean to our right. As we crossed into Georgia, we had to stop and put the helmets on. Bud had long since lost his peanut helmet to the ride god, and had to put on his Aria helmet. A little hot and humid for a 3/4 helmet.

 

When we arrived in Savannah, we went directly to the Historical District. Savannah was an important city in both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, and is rich with history. We went to the railway museum, a site where the colonials first took on the British (and lost). We then made our way to a restaurant called the Distillery, which had the most amazing crab soup, then down to River Street. Riding a motorcycle on River Street, with its huge, uneven cobblestones and raised trolley tracks was, to say the least, interesting. But its a great area not to be missed, and rich with history. The first commissioned colonial warship, the Liberty, left from here.  An excellent day for us travelers.