For the last 10 days we have been in Georgia. Temperatures have been above normal and the parks are lovely. They also have a robust geocaching program, and we now have over 600 lifetime finds.
All parks have some flooding as evidenced by this trashcan which I doubt belongs in the water by the dam.

We did quite a bit of walking and only got caught in one rainstorm. The rest of that day I spent sewing. The following day was bright and sunny and so, on another walk, we happened upon this vine which was nearly the size of a tree and twisted upon itself looking like a very thick piece of rope art.

The Georgia state reptile is the gopher tortoise and Reed Bingham State Park had a trail full of tortoise gopher burrows. Despite walking the trail several times, we never saw one. But we did see this guy using one of the burrows.

Next, we stopped off for a few days at Fort McAllister State Park where we visited the fort one day and went into Savannah another day. The fort was a confederate civil war fort.

These pointed sticks were supposed to slow down any invaders who made it to shore.

Cannonballs were heated in this oven so they would set ships on fire. Also, the cause of many soldiers burns.

Underground hospital where soldiers were treated for burns and malaria.

It was both of our first times visiting Savannah which is lovely. We made use of the Hop On/Hop Off bus and did a lot of walking through the many beautiful flowering squares in the historic district.

The fountains all had green water for St. Patrick's Day

The city was getting ready for St. Patrick's Day. They have the second largest parade in the country, after New York City. It was later cancelled due to Covid-19 and there were a lot of angry people. It is their largest income producing time of the year.

There were many sets of these "historic stairs" leading from the waterfront to the town. All labeled "very steep, use at your own risk".

People must have had much longer legs in the old days. I had to use the handrail to haul my fat butt up these steep stairs!

This was the home of cotton in the south. The cotton gin was invented here by Eli Whitney.

It is also the birthplace and home of Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts. We walked along the riverfront, stopped in for a beer and made it home before dark. We have been trying to eat in due to the corona virus and being vigilant with hand sanitation while not letting it keep us from still doing things.

Our beer joint