Savannah

For the last 2 years, we have met some old friends in various places (Knoxville & Chattanooga) and this time we landed in Skye's home of Savannah! We spent 4 nights there and it definitely ended up being one of the highlights of our summer, for sure. 

The drive was a real thing-mostly because  thought it was only 5 hours and it was basically 8. We stopped on the way to eat at a really cute Chick-Fil-A. 

And, we stopped as soon as we saw the first palm tree in Georgia! Needless to say, they were PUMPED!

Skye lives in a community that has multiple playgrounds, pools and....lagoons full of alligators. I think it will only take one try to guess where the boys wanted to spend most of their time. To their disappointment, we did not choose the gator route and opted for the other sources of entertainment. 

She lives on Skidaway Island, off of Savannah, and the views were unreal. 

Of course there were lots of golf cart rides. 

This one area RIGHT BY HER HOUSE had thousands of fiddler crabs so we spent entirely too much time there every day. 

We did venture to those lagoons a few times and actually saw a few alligators from a very safe distance. 

We saw a few dolphins one night off of this pier! 

One of the main reasons that the trip was so successful was because Skye has 2 boys that are the same age as Anderson & Max, so her house was FILLED with toys and lots of fun boy activities. Not that we really needed them since we lived outside, but it was nice to know they were there in case of bad weather. 

"Mama, can we put this in my nature box?"

He found a dead snake on a trail and wanted to dissect it. Much to the dismay/shock/disgust of my friends, I let him. He loved it and kept talking about the beauty of it. 

Max was not big enough to go down the water slides, so I had to take one for the team and go down with him....27 times. 

You never know when there might be ghosts, so he was ready. 

Christina and her 3 kids joined us Friday night and added to the fun!

We drove to Tybee Island on our last full day and LIVED IT UP in the ocean.

We have been friends for over 20 years!

Don't worry; it was dead. 

After an entire day at the beach, we hit the pool for a late night movie showing!

On our way home we stopped at a Nature Reserve (of course we did) where the boys initially had mixed reviews. One guess who did not want to participate because he was so hungry....

It added to our trip home, but I am really so glad that we went because the scenery was beautiful, the animals were different than most of what we usually see and, most importantly, Max got some snacks and ended up enjoying himself, too. 

This alligator was out in the pond and literally swam right below us as soon as we got there. It was all levels of creepy and cool. 

Nothing ends a trip like an armadillo butt!!!

Crab Hunting

We had an absolutely amazing time and I am so grateful to have time off to spend with these boys!