Savannah part 1
Oct. 24th, 2008 09:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
textileowlBright and early this morning at 4:00, Pyr and I set off for Savannah to check out Savannah College of Art and Design for grad school. We said goodbye to the kitties and drove off into the dark early morning
I drove the first half, which went by fairly quickly. The sun came up as we were heading into Virginia, illuminating a scene that we had been anticipating for the last few weeks. The hills and mountains were blooming into brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows. Yes, Ohio has already been through this, but we don't have the span of depth and height of color that comes in the higher elevations of the Appalachians. These colors, of course, are Pyr's favorites so watching his reactions was fantastic. We may have to take time to stop and enjoy the colors on the way home if we can.
Just south of the N. Carolina border, we switched places, and of course it started to rain. We knew this was going to happen and was impressed how the drivers just plowed through, sometimes even picking up the pace to get out of the wet that much faster. We stopped for food in South Carolina at a Waffle House, which was tasty and very needed since we really hadn't eaten much since Thursday night.
After several hours in a grey haze brought about by the misty rain, we reached Savannah at about 3:00 having made pretty good time in spite of the rain. A beautiful bridge opened into the city and the rain lifted slightly but did not stop.
ra
Our hotel is cheap, clean, and in the historic district - making it very central to anything we would want to get to. It continued to rain while we recovered a bit before we decided to brave the rain and find food. I would wax exponentially about the food, but Pyr did a much better job. If you ever get the chance to visit Savannah, stop and eat/drink at the Moon River Brewing Company.
Tomorrow, we're going to explore a bit before meeting up with the other potential grad students for the information meeting and then most likely more exploring. It continues to be a great adventure.
I drove the first half, which went by fairly quickly. The sun came up as we were heading into Virginia, illuminating a scene that we had been anticipating for the last few weeks. The hills and mountains were blooming into brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows. Yes, Ohio has already been through this, but we don't have the span of depth and height of color that comes in the higher elevations of the Appalachians. These colors, of course, are Pyr's favorites so watching his reactions was fantastic. We may have to take time to stop and enjoy the colors on the way home if we can.
Just south of the N. Carolina border, we switched places, and of course it started to rain. We knew this was going to happen and was impressed how the drivers just plowed through, sometimes even picking up the pace to get out of the wet that much faster. We stopped for food in South Carolina at a Waffle House, which was tasty and very needed since we really hadn't eaten much since Thursday night.
After several hours in a grey haze brought about by the misty rain, we reached Savannah at about 3:00 having made pretty good time in spite of the rain. A beautiful bridge opened into the city and the rain lifted slightly but did not stop.
ra
Our hotel is cheap, clean, and in the historic district - making it very central to anything we would want to get to. It continued to rain while we recovered a bit before we decided to brave the rain and find food. I would wax exponentially about the food, but Pyr did a much better job. If you ever get the chance to visit Savannah, stop and eat/drink at the Moon River Brewing Company.
Tomorrow, we're going to explore a bit before meeting up with the other potential grad students for the information meeting and then most likely more exploring. It continues to be a great adventure.