Please wait... I had originally intended to do the usual thing and make journal entries as the trip progressed. However, the Savannah Hilton DeSoto, where we stayed in Savannah charged for the usage of their business center. At $7.50 for the first fifteen minutes and $0.50 per minute after that, the charge was outrageous. Other than that, by the way, we had no complaints about the hotel.
As of this minute we are still in Savannah, although we moved to a hotel at the airport. We were scheduled to fly out yesterday, but the bad weather prevented it. Both our flights were cancelled--Savannah to Newark, and Newark to Hartford. When Continental tried to rebook us, they had no seats available until Tuesday afternoon. So, tomorrow, we will try again.
I will give a full report after we arrive back in Connecticut. If everything goes according to the new plan we will arrive in Hartford about 10:30 p.m.. Tuesday and drive back to Southbury Wednesday morning.
Oh, yes, the hotel at the Savannah airport is the Sheriton Four-Points, and their business center is free.
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We finally got out of Savannah a little after noon on Tuesday destined for Newark, NJ, arriving there about 4:00 p.m. Our connection to Hartford was scheduled to leave at 9:10 p.m.but the plane was still in Montreal at that time. It finally landed in Newark about 11:25 p.m. By the time we boarded and took off, our landing time at Hartford was after midnight. It was a good thing we had a hotel reservation there, because we were in no mood to do anything other than hit the sack and get some rest.
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04-19-2007
Started working on my pictures from this trip. A few have been uploaded. Here is a teaser:
This is the Mercer-Williams house in Savannah. You may recognize it from the movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."
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Probably one of the best known restaurants in Savannah is The Landy and Sons, owned and operated by Paula Deen. She is also a popular figure on the Food Network. I was not able to get any pictures inside, and outside, as you can see, there was always a crowd. People started liiing up at 9:30 each morning to make reservations for lunch. Sorry, no great pix here.
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Our stay in Savannah was excellent and varied. Our hotel was located right in the Historic District, so much of the best of Savannah wis within walking distance. This area of the city was laid out by General Oglethorpe in a pattern of squares that could be easily defended. The Georgia Colony was established as a buffer to keep the Spanish in Florida from attacking the Carolinas. This means you can walk only two or three blocks and be in another square. Most of the squares are very green and equipped with many benches.
Savannah has made a great effort to make the city tourist friendly. You can explore on foot, or with rides on a horse and carriage, or on a motor trolley. We chose the carriage ride first, a good way to get the general layout of the city. Here is our ride.
The horse's name is Prince. We couldn't help but notice how good and healthy all the horses were.
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We made a side trip to Folkston, GA to photograph live train action. CSX has a double track going through this area which handles much of the traffic to and from Florida. It is known as the Folkston Funnel, and an average of 60 trains pass through every day.
Most of the runs we saw were fairly routine. The average length of each train was about 100 cars. Most were mixed frrights, but one was all coal hoppers and one was all intermodal cars, that is cars that carry containers and truck trailers. All went smoothly until the last train we were there to photograph.
The northbound train, a mixed freight, led by engine 4676, was just coming into sight when we noticed it suddenly stopped. Soon we heard over the radio, "Emergency, we just pulled a knuckle." It turns out the knuckle part of a coupler broke on a car about twenty back from the engines. It was fixed in about an hour, and we received a wave from the engineer as he passed our position.
All the Folkston photos are here: http://public.fotki.com/Peirce/railroad/folkston-funnel-ga/
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I have been a little slow getting out all the pix from the Savannah trip. As some of you already know, I have been slowed. but not stopped, by an increase of my cancer problem. The fight has been a distraction and sometimes has left me very tired. So, here is what will be coming up.
I have more fish pictures, which will be put into one of the flora and fauna albums. More railroad pictures also on the way. Look for them in a new railroad album. The rest will be a mixed bag and will probably be in the Savannah album.
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May 7, 2007 - Finally did the pic from the Roundhouse Museum, a significant railroad museum in Savannah, GA.
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As of this minute we are still in Savannah, although we moved to a hotel at the airport. We were scheduled to fly out yesterday, but the bad weather prevented it. Both our flights were cancelled--Savannah to Newark, and Newark to Hartford. When Continental tried to rebook us, they had no seats available until Tuesday afternoon. So, tomorrow, we will try again.
I will give a full report after we arrive back in Connecticut. If everything goes according to the new plan we will arrive in Hartford about 10:30 p.m.. Tuesday and drive back to Southbury Wednesday morning.
Oh, yes, the hotel at the Savannah airport is the Sheriton Four-Points, and their business center is free.
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We finally got out of Savannah a little after noon on Tuesday destined for Newark, NJ, arriving there about 4:00 p.m. Our connection to Hartford was scheduled to leave at 9:10 p.m.but the plane was still in Montreal at that time. It finally landed in Newark about 11:25 p.m. By the time we boarded and took off, our landing time at Hartford was after midnight. It was a good thing we had a hotel reservation there, because we were in no mood to do anything other than hit the sack and get some rest.
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04-19-2007
Started working on my pictures from this trip. A few have been uploaded. Here is a teaser:
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This is the Mercer-Williams house in Savannah. You may recognize it from the movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."
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Probably one of the best known restaurants in Savannah is The Landy and Sons, owned and operated by Paula Deen. She is also a popular figure on the Food Network. I was not able to get any pictures inside, and outside, as you can see, there was always a crowd. People started liiing up at 9:30 each morning to make reservations for lunch. Sorry, no great pix here.
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Our stay in Savannah was excellent and varied. Our hotel was located right in the Historic District, so much of the best of Savannah wis within walking distance. This area of the city was laid out by General Oglethorpe in a pattern of squares that could be easily defended. The Georgia Colony was established as a buffer to keep the Spanish in Florida from attacking the Carolinas. This means you can walk only two or three blocks and be in another square. Most of the squares are very green and equipped with many benches.
Savannah has made a great effort to make the city tourist friendly. You can explore on foot, or with rides on a horse and carriage, or on a motor trolley. We chose the carriage ride first, a good way to get the general layout of the city. Here is our ride.
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The horse's name is Prince. We couldn't help but notice how good and healthy all the horses were.
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We made a side trip to Folkston, GA to photograph live train action. CSX has a double track going through this area which handles much of the traffic to and from Florida. It is known as the Folkston Funnel, and an average of 60 trains pass through every day.
Most of the runs we saw were fairly routine. The average length of each train was about 100 cars. Most were mixed frrights, but one was all coal hoppers and one was all intermodal cars, that is cars that carry containers and truck trailers. All went smoothly until the last train we were there to photograph.
The northbound train, a mixed freight, led by engine 4676, was just coming into sight when we noticed it suddenly stopped. Soon we heard over the radio, "Emergency, we just pulled a knuckle." It turns out the knuckle part of a coupler broke on a car about twenty back from the engines. It was fixed in about an hour, and we received a wave from the engineer as he passed our position.
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All the Folkston photos are here: http://public.fotki.com/Peirce/railroad/folkston-funnel-ga/
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I have been a little slow getting out all the pix from the Savannah trip. As some of you already know, I have been slowed. but not stopped, by an increase of my cancer problem. The fight has been a distraction and sometimes has left me very tired. So, here is what will be coming up.
I have more fish pictures, which will be put into one of the flora and fauna albums. More railroad pictures also on the way. Look for them in a new railroad album. The rest will be a mixed bag and will probably be in the Savannah album.
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May 7, 2007 - Finally did the pic from the Roundhouse Museum, a significant railroad museum in Savannah, GA.
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