One house, one wildlife reserve

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This morning we walked a few blocks to a museum based on a house and slave quarters built in 1819.  This is a view of the back of the house, facing the carriage house where the slaves levied.  
The house was designed by an English architect from Bath and incorporated advanced features like indoor plumbing.  The walls were built of that local staple, tabby, extra thick to support the weight of the water cisterns holding the rainwater used for all that plumbing, which included baths, toilets and showers on the two upper floors.  It was roofed with Welsh slate, floored with English sandstone, and the dinner service was Staffordshire bone china.  The sash windows and other fittings could well have been imported too.   

In the afternoon we drove around the Savannah National Wildlife Reserve which is actually in South Carolina. (Don't ask.) We saw lots of alligators and various waterfowl especially blue herons. David took some photos of a heron which have made a lovely collage. 




We then went back into Georgia and found the visitor center where we heard a very lengthy talk on 'turtles' and the problems comservationists are having in various parts of the world. Interesting, but probably learned more about the subject than we needed to!
So, for our last night in Savannah we had decided to go to a Mexican restaurant, but when we saw the queue outside at 6pm we decided to give it a miss. Instead we went to a burger/jazz joint which was fine for me (Carolyn) because I had an ID with me so I could have a drink. However, David hadn't taken his wallet so didn't have any ID which meant no alcohol. State law apparently. 

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