Savannah, Sand Gnats, and Skidaway

I finally made it back up to Savannah this weekend. It seems like I haven't been up there in quite some time, so it was nice to go this weekend and see some more sights (and see David, of course!). I drove straight from work on Friday and met up with David and his friends Robert and Meg at the Savannah Sand Gnats game. Robert and Meg are David's friends from college that just moved to Savannah from Germany (he's a JAG), so it was good to finally meet them and hang out. The game was nice- hot of course- but lots of fun.

I have to admit, I was a little spoiled, since about a month ago, I went with Stacey to a Pensacola Wahoos game. Pensacola just built a brand new stadium downtown, right on the water and it is so nice!

David said that Savannah is considering building the Sand Gnats a new stadium on River Street right off the Savannah River, which would be amazing!

Saturday we contemplated going to Tybee to the beach, but considering this was the first sunny Saturday in which it wasn't raining in well over a month, we knew it would be crazy at the beach. We decided to venture down to Skidaway Island and see what we could find.

We first hit up the state park to see what that was about when we got down there. It was absolutely beautiful down there. We did the 3 mile hike and did a little birding along the way. Ha!

The park boasted of old liquor stills, earthen works from the War between the States, and of course nature and the beauty of the marshland.

We spotted another painted bunting (and heard many, many more!), a few different woodpeckers, and a new bird we got to cross off our list. We spotted a great-crested flycatcher. Granted, I didn't know itat the time, but thankfully I got photographic evidence for identification later!

It was a great {and hot!} place to tour and I look forward to going back many more times in the future!

After the park, we drove around Skidaway to see what it was all about, since neither one of us have ever been down there. I fell in love with the area and tried to convince David to buy a house down there. This one would do. You know, in a pinch.

The next stop was the Aquarium. Which I wasn't expecting much from, but it surprised me!

 

Well- that's it folks! My advice is go explore your backyard. You never know what treasures are right there in your own neighborhood!