Anniversary in Savannah, Part 1

James and I knew we wanted to get out of Columbia for our first anniversary but where to go?! At first we considered Asheville, since we had not been together, but decided we had enough mountains from my families great vacations that we wanted something a little more historic. We have done Charleston and since we know so many people there - we thought it might be best to head to where our friends/family where few and far in between!

Savannah seemed like the perfect place. We know its hot in late July/August but honestly, its hot anywhere! We looked on trusty Hotwire and were so disappointed to see the crazy high prices of hotels! Well, we waited and waited and I kept checking during a lull on the work front and FINALLY- prices dropped for a 3.5 star in downtown Savannah and I booked! We stayed at The Planters Inn in Savannah and could not have been happier with the hotel! We had a great location, in Reynolds Square, and within walking distance to shopping and great food!

James' dessert!

My Gran Jean and I!

On Saturday morning, July 28, we headed to Hilton Head Island to spend the night with my grandmother. Although it technically wasn't 'on the way', we knew we wanted to see Gran since we had not seen her since July 4th weekend! We had a great dinner at Frankie Bones on Main Street - James even had S'Mores for dessert- as in fire at the table and roasting marshmallows there! So so fun!

Sunday we said our goodbye and headed to Tybee Island. It was a quick 45 minute drive from Hilton Head and we headed to lunch at the Tybee Island Social Club. We knew we wanted to do a bit of time on the beach and Sunday seemed like the perfect day! T.I.S.C was amazing! I had delicious tacos and James enjoyed a chorizo burger and we both washed it down with PBR's in our new koozies! We finished up lunch and headed to the beach! We had a good hour and a half before it started to look like rain so we packed up and headed to the car and into Savannah!

After a crazy drive in torrential downpour, we made it to our hotel and got ready to dinner at Taco Abajo. We wanted something low key after the beach and this was perfect! Tacos were good (T.I.S.C were a bit better though!) and we enjoyed a short walk to our dessert destination - Leopold's Ice Cream!

It was a great start to our trip!