The significant other and I made a brief foray into Georgia, the land of peach fudge and Leopold's ice cream, earlier this week. The weather was somewhat merciful but the gnats were not. Georgia gnats. They should be the state bird.
But the weather was predictable, just like north Florida. Sunny and humid in the morning and some respite via a perfectly timed late afternoon thundershower. You can set your watch by our afternoon thunderstorms.
We arrived in Savannah around 10 am and walked the city until about 3:00 pm. The old homes, perfectly blocked city streets and predictably laid out parks were lovely. I especially loved the shade you could count on in each park. The temperature in the little parks was at least 5 degrees cooler than the surrounding city block thanks to looming old oak trees that spanned the block like a huge parasol. But if you stood still too long, the gnats would pick you up and drag you to one of the old cemeteries nearby.
I had watched the movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil only about a month ago, so it was intriguing to see the same homes and parks that I saw on film.
My favorite shop was probably the peanut shop on the waterfront. I tried all sorts of peanuts, my favorite being chili lime. Leopolds Ice Cream was rich, super intense. Two scoops of that served as my lunch.
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