Ah, the birthday lady! On the eve of her 65th birthday. How did I get so old so soon?
Thank you Alice and Don for the beautiful bouquet of flower.
Frank out did himself for birthday number 65. Twenty five red roses, Wow! What a nice surprise to wake up to.
Fred, Wendy and Jerry all drove up from Jacksonville, FL to spend the day with us. It was delightful. We all had "lunch" out at the Pirate House in Savannah.
The waitress brought a cake and sparkler. How can you miss with that kind of light!
I even found one of the pirates. He doesn't look too fierce to me. Guess he isn't into scaring "old" women.
The proclamation below. Beware! 
A luckless soul tossed down the stairs to the tunnels. If you had too much to drink there was the danger you would wake up at sea on a pirate ship as one of the sailors.
Another birthday cake--this time at Macaroni Grill. We had dinner with Fred, Wendy and Jerry before they left to drive back to Jacksonville. Thank all of you for a wonderful day. There couldn't have been a better gift then your presence. I truly appreciated you taking time off work, driving up to Savannah and being with me on my birthday.
Above one very happy birthday lady with her favorite best friend, and husband!
Another birthday cake--this time at Macaroni Grill. We had dinner with Fred, Wendy and Jerry before they left to drive back to Jacksonville. Thank all of you for a wonderful day. There couldn't have been a better gift then your presence. I truly appreciated you taking time off work, driving up to Savannah and being with me on my birthday.Above one very happy birthday lady with her favorite best friend, and husband!
This square has a nice fountain and as you can see below it is used, even during the middle of the week.
We walked by the Pulaski House.
It is now a school, but still very pretty and historical to fit in with the architecture of the area.
Madison Square was one of the squares that had statues in the middle of it.
Beautiful fountains inside the fountain.
Frank says this "duck" looks like the 
First on the list is lunch. It was warm enough on this day to sit outside and have our lunch. Wonderful!
I love the sign on the little box! The beach is wide and very nice. The water was too cold for me to even venture down to it. There was quite a little breeze blowing. A long sleeve shirt felt really good.
We wanted to go see the light house, but it was Tuesday! So all we have are some pictures.
The entrance to the fort has another drawbridge across the moat. You can see the flay is almost straight out. It was windy outside the fort. Inside the fort the walls protected us from the wind.
Through the gateway you can see the big cannon and the back side of the fort. 
This is the parade grounds inside of the fort. It is really a big area.
Just one of the many plaques around the fort that tell about someone or explain what happened here during the Civil War.
This is only one of the big guns around the fort that show us how the fort was fortified.
Frank is standing by one area 
On the southeast side of the fort--this is the outside-- you can see where the cannonballs hit the fort. The big guns were no match for the brick and 
The cannonballs are still in some of the walls. This is hard to believe after all these year. 
Below is our coach, parked in the woods. The coach behind us belongs to our friends, Alice and Don. We each do our own thing during the day and then usually have cocktails together before dinner.
Below is a street in old town Savannah. The trees grow in the center median. They are live oak trees and are covered with Spanish Moss hanging down. It is so beautiful. The trees are so big they cover the street and touch branches in the middle.
The Pirate House is above. It is said that Black Beard would stay here, and he used the underground tunnel to go back and forth to his ship. They tell us that the place is still haunted by ghosts. It is now a restaurant!
We drove on River Road which is still paved in cobblestones. I couldn't resist taking a picture of the street. It's a little rough driving on!
The architecture of the homes in old Savannah is just beautiful. Many, many old homes that have been restored and preserved.
Above is the Davenport home. This is one of the homes that was on our "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" tour. We did read the book before we went on the tour and our guide pointed out all the places mentioned in the book and even told us some of the stories about them. They were real people, but some of the names have been changed.
Check out the entry stairs to this old home. We saw quite a few curved stairways.
Above is the Owens-Thomas house, which is one that you can tour. We didn't tour any of the old homes this trip.
Our next stop on the tour was the Bonaventure Cemetery. Above is the 
Many of the family plots had benches where you could sit and meditate. This is the bench that was mentioned in the book.
This family cemetery plot belongs to the family who sold pianos in Savannah for over 100 years. Seems only fitting that 
Just a look over one area of the cemetery. Isn't this peaceful and beautiful. And if you walk to the bluff, you can see the river below flowing peacefully by.
A lone 
Above is a 