Sunday Church Service, Museum, & Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room

Sunday Service at the large Independent Presbyterian of Savannah

We were very lucky to attend the Sunday when the church was having its annual “Kirkin’ O’ the Tartan.”  This is an ancient Scottish ceremony whereby the clans annually rededicated their families to God.  The service began with bagpipes being played on the lawn and then a processional into the church just before the service began.  Amazing grace was one of the songs played. Outstanding.  They also had about 25 men in kilts carrying their Tartans or a banner associated with their Scottish clan.  The Rev. Douglas F. Kelly gave the sermon as a visiting pastor/professor from the seminary in Charlotte, NC.

After the service we walked back to the truck parked at the visitors center about 1.5 miles away.  Sunday was very busy in Savannah being it was Mother’s Day and a graduation was also underway from one of the local colleges.  We came back into town after lunch to visit a museum and Leopold’s ice cream shop.  This is the place for ice cream; a long line shows how popular they are.

Monday with a Huge Lunch and Another Walk

On Monday, 5/15, we had lunch at Mrs. Wilkes dining room.  Wow!  This is a family style dining that is only open M-F and from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.  They can seat 100 people at a time and you must be in line at 10:00 am to make the first seating.  We were there right at 10 and got to know those in line next to us which was good as they seat 10 to a table with about 30 dishes of food including fried chicken, pork BBQ, and roast beef.  Sorry, no photos from the dining room as I was too busy eating.  And eating again.  It was all very good, but we ate way too much.  Our table mates were 3 other couples.  One from GA, just a few miles away.  Another from Charlotte, NC, and the last from Miami and Charlotte (2 homes), a retired NFL player and his wife.

When people ask were we are from we generally reply in SW Virginia.  But technically not correct anymore.  We are homeless people.  Kind of.  Maybe we are adventurers that are between homes.  I don’t know, but when I say we are homeless, it does raise some eyebrows and require explanation.  So, much easier to just say Virginia.  OK, 21 years in Virginia, then there was Missouri before that and then originally the Hoosier state.  Yep, much easier to just say Virginia.

After the large meal, we walked another 3-4 miles around the squares and finished at the river front going up to the 9th floor of the Bohemian Hotel to the “Rocks” bar overlooking the river.  What a view!  Pat had a daiquiri and I had a local pale ale.  We watched at the Georgia Queen went by and a large container ship slowly cruised by after picking up more cargo.

Then back at the campground.  Interesting stuff going on here, besides two new neighbors that we chatted with.  The BBC television series being filmed here is now in high gear.  There are probably 300 people working the set as actors, stage hands, directors, etc.  I did get some more info on it.  It is about a British couple who buy an RV park in Florida, sight unseen.  When they get here the RVs on the set are mostly older, broken down rigs.  Some are uniquely decorated on the outside, but this is clearly not an upscale RV park.  I wonder what it will be about.  See my photos of the set we took as we did a recon onto the set when the guard was distracted (from blog a couple of days ago).

Coming up will be a post about reflections on being retired for a week now and about budgeting.

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Have a great day!