Day One: Savannah Road Trip
Savannah, Georgia: After some last minute planning, our trip to Savannah has become a reality. We headed north for a three day trip filled with a lot of activities from history to haunts. Our first trip out of Florida since 2009 began with a trip to Payless for a car rental. Since our Santa Fe has over 260,000 miles on it, we decided to take a rental car on the trip. We rented a Hyundai Sonata for the trip, one of three cars we are looking at to replace our Santa Fe. The plan for the road trip had us crossing the state via notorious US-301. While saving time over I-4, US-301 is known for being a giant speed trap with some of the small towns along the way being rated by AAA as being the worst for speed traps. But we made it through without trouble and only saw one police officer on a traffic stop. Lunch was a grab and go at Popeye’s in Starke. If things go as planned, this will be out only national chain meal. I plan on trying local restaurants the rest of the trip. T...