My mom arrived in Jacksonville on Friday! After I picked her up, we headed out to St. Simons. I kept forgetting it was the 4th of July, and we found that many of the restaurants that we'd chosen as places we'd like to go were closed! At the one we finally found that was open, the cashier told us that they were closing in an hour, and when we complained that everyone was closed, she said, "We're on island time", and smiled. We chose not to head down to the beach, because it was so crowded and we couldn't find a parking spot.

Yesterday, we took a trolley tour of Savannah. Even though it rained for most of our open-trolley tour, it was fun. We were able to hear many of the Savannah facts and see sights that I have not encountered during my 8 weeks here. I'm posting a picture of the oldest Catholic church in Georgia. I was able to get a great shot of this lovely building!

Although we didn't make it to The Lady & Sons (Paula Dean's restaurtant), we did visit her little store that's attached to the restaurant. Paula happened to be milling about and was kind enough to stop and take a picture with me! (Just kidding - that's a cardboard cut out, in case it's not obvious).

Today, we're headed to Hilton Head Island, even though rain is forcast. And tomorrow we'll drive home! I'm so looking forward to tomorrow!!