April 4 - 7, 2000: Savannah, Georgia

Day 4: The Byrd Cookie Company, Forsyth Park, and Home

7:30 AM: Up for Breakfast

We got up around 7:30 and went down to the lobby for breakfast. Because I was still a little full from the meal at the Pirate House, I only ate one donut, but I still managed to have three cups of coffee.

We went back to the room after breakfast and took a nap, then spent some time reading, cross stitching (Anna, not me), watching TV (Little House on the Prarie), and packing. We checked out of the room at 11:30 and went to lunch at KFC.

12:30 PM: The Byrd Cookie Company

Next we went to the Byrd Cookie Company (which was, coincidentally, only a couple of blocks down from the KFC on Waters Avenue) to get some of the oatmeal cookies that Audrey has told me more than once are the best to be found.

We spent a good 45 minutes walking around the Byrd Cookie Company, sampling various items and reading labels and trying to decide what to buy. The chocolate chip cookes were pretty good, the Confederate Cannon Balls were disgusting ("A zesty blend of onion, garlic and aged cheddar cheese"--yuck!), but the Scotch Oatmeal Cookies were unquestionably the best. They were out of boxes of them, so I bought seven bags.

These Scotch Oatmeal cookes are every bit as good as Audrey said

2:30 PM: Forsyth Park

Before leaving Savannah, I wanted to go to Forstyh Park, which we had driven by several times but hadn't stopped at; I also had not seen it on my first visit to Savannah in May of 1999.

We walked through the park for nearly an hour, looking at the statues and fountains, watching kids playing, stopping for a minute to play with a SCAD student's pet ferret, taking pictures of the houses along Whitaker and Drayton.

One of the fountains in Forsyth Park

This ferret was terribly cute, and very friendly

One of the beautiful houses along Whitaker

3:22 PM: Heading Home

We left Forsyth Park and began the 290 mile drive home at exactly 3:22 (I know because...well, you know by now). We got back to my house around 8:15; I don't know exactly what time because I was too tired to look at my watch.

I think I speak for both of us when I say we were a little sad that our vacation was over, but glad to be back home.

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