Savannah DAY 3

Yesterday was Awesome!!!! We went to Tybee Island, off the coast of Georgia.

In the morning we stopped at Old Fort Jackson, which is strategically placed to where every boat that passes through the river (which I forgot the name of) has to float by Fort Jackson.

The guides were dressed like Confederate Corporals from the Civil War era. They marched us off the bus, and into the fortress, which is almost the exact way it looked during Lincoln's Presidency. We were taught some simple commands, like how to turn left and right, and salute, and speak to your senior officers. Everyone 'passed' and the fun began.

Our guides put us into three groups, my group went to the old barracks to be quizzed by our guide about Girl Scouts and Civil War history.

Then we went to the cannon station! We were taught how to prep and fire a cannon in thirty seconds, and how to yell loudly the correct commands for preparing and firing a cannon.

the last station was signal and communication, where we learned how to make words and letters with flags. Apparently the Confederate military was not well prepared, in the area of communication. According to our guide, there was not one Confederate communications solider who didn't receive training from a Girl Scout in flag signals and Morse code.

Who forgot the mention that in history books?!?! HUH?

Last but not least our guides go together and fired one of the cannons!!! It was really loud, and it smoked a lot, but it was amazing to see. Then we went to the gift shop, blah blah, nothing interesting there.

After lunch we headed out to the Marine Science Center on Tybee island. Our new guide, I forgot her name, took us on a walk along the beach after we had piddled around the gift shop and turtle tanks for a while. Our walk along the beach resulted in seeing two dead cannon ball jelly fish, and two live ones, which we returned to the ocean.

Then we swam in the ocean, and I successfully got sand every where, including my basketball camp shirt. It still has sand in it, and I washed it for heaven's sake! Also I didn't get sunburned!!!! Haha I finally trumped the sun and didn't get burned. Yah!

That night we went to the pirate's house. It's a supposedly haunted restaurant, but I saw no ghosts. I even said "I don't believe in Ghosts" and of course nothing happened. You apparently not supposed to tell the spirits that you don't believe in them, because they get mad and do something. The place mat said that they drop picture frames, steal food, and appear where you least expect them. Whatever.

They gave us punch out dress up stuff. How could I resist? I've always wanted to be a pirate. :)

Our day was really fun, and We had even more fun today! I'll tell y'all about it later :)

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