Jen and Joe Jankord: The Crane's visit Savannah!!

Making Memories...

We had our first friends visit over this past week...and they drove from Cali!!! So, no excuses to everyone else who is WAY CLOSER! :) Okay, maybe they had a wedding on the East Coast and maybe they only had to drive a tad out of the way to see us...whatever. But, it was so awesome to have Jess and Todd come for a quick 2 day visit!

We basically tried to do as much as possible in their two day trip. We hit Tybee Island for some lunch, sun and tourist "crap" shopping followed by an evening dinner at The Olde Pink House in Savannah. After our amazing dinner we did a walking tour guided by none other than, Joe Jankord. We ended up walking into an actual tour of one of the most haunted houses in Savannah. The tour led us to a nearby cemetery where we learned about hangings, death and destruction of the headstones in the cemetery...I didn't see any ghosts, so I was bummed. We then went into the Historic Sorrel-Weed House which is known as the most haunted in Savannah. The home began construction in 1836 and was known as the grandest home in Savannah. General W.T. Sherman and General Robert E. Lee were even entertained here around the 1860's-1870. Obviously, tragic deaths happened in this home and in the nearby carriage house...which is why we were there...looking for ghosts. This home was even shown on the TV show Ghost Hunters in case you watch that stuff. Anyway, at the end of the tour, Todd was the only one who captured several "orbs" in his pictures. One even sat on Jessica's face, which was interesting. I think we all were believers, except Joe of course. He said we just kept getting dust on the lens, we like to think differently.

The following day we ventured out to Hilton Head Island were we started with an early morning Kayaking unguided tour. It was the most relaxing and enjoyable experience going through the marsh...until we needed to go back, against the current. Let's just say that Todd and Jess beat us by a mile and I thought my left shoulder was going to fall off. Joe was behind me and kept hitting my ore with his...we were a mess. We will do better next time, if I can talk Joe into doing it again. I really did enjoy it though, but was a little bummed that all we saw was one large pelican. I took about 30 pictures of it and was made fun of for doing so the rest of the day. Afterward, we had lunch and went to the beach. It was the most beautiful day, the weather was amazing, the water was like a warm bath, we played boccie ball and Jess was the champion, which Todd pouted about because he's never lost before. We ended the night with dinner at Vics on the River and drinks and entertainment at Mata Hari...it was awesome.

We were so sad to see them go, we tried to talk them into moving to Savannah...maybe someday!!