On the gallery deck, the walk around the watch room, we could gaze west over the residences. In other directions, our eyes took in nothing but sandy beaches, azure waters, and dots here and there of red and yellow umbrellas and beach balls.
To be God's angel must be something like this...airborne, unseen, and far-seeing...freedom of spirit.
The Lighthouse was a place that was easy to take steps down, than it was to climb up.
Some places weren't easy to get into, like the North Beach Grill. Nestled between sand mounds near the black and white Lighthouse, was the North Beach Grill. It was so popular we never found a parking place.
Some places we didn't want to get into, like the Inferno Hot Sauce Emporium! Skull and Crossbones five feet tall drawn on the timber wood fenced wall served as a warning along with the colored chalked words Spices, Salts, Wild & Hot Sauces, Salsas. Words to deter the weak.
One place we couldn't get out! It was The Peanut Shop where every selection had an open can for us to sample. We sampled sweet chocolates for half an hour, ha, ha. Due to sating our appetites, lunch was delayed. But, oh, the chocolate covered cashews, the barbecue redskins, the peanut brittle, the peanut butter, the Georgia pecans, the bacon cheddar nuts! Spencer loves bacon, I love chocolate, Mary loves nuts, John loves redskins; we were nuts in love.
One place we didn't want out -- at least not until we knew who murdered Elizabeth. That was the Savannah Coffee Roasters cafe where we dined and the employees sleuthed. An aromatic deep roasted coffee smell mixed with caramel and amaretto enveloped us at the door. The comedic actor group called Odd Lot took scene settings and character trait suggestions from the diners to create an impromptu murder mystery. It was fun to interact with the investigator and the suspects while cheesecake we ate. Spencer took big bites. That's because when Spencer unrolled his napkin and silverware and held it up next to John's he obviously had a meat platter fork!
The one place we wished we could've gotten out was the 80 East Gastropub. Ghastly for gastro! It had bad service, weird service, and non-remarkable food. Instead of coming to our table, the waiter would lean over the pony wall. Our many tiered hamburgers were skewered with a large butcher knife!
Now as for its sister restaurant, we got in, we wanted to stay. And we returned. The Sundae Cafe, a very small restaurant tacked onto the end of an established strip mall, was cozy. The mirrored wall behind the black bar revealed black tables and curtains with romantic lighting, even at the noon hour!
After the first time eating there, (Spencer loved their grouper) we returned with Sis another day, "Our usual table, please", laughingly I told the hostess it was the one in the far corner tucked beyond the window. The final time we went, that request drew a laugh from the waitress, "Our usual table, please", disheartenly it was occupied by jolly, round bellied men. Durn.
Well, it's time to Escape before turning back home. And I'm talking about Tybee Island's Escape Room, where participants get locked in a room like prisoners on a pirate ship, who have to examine their surroundings for clues to escape. The skeleton in the barred prison hold held the first key, shhhhhh. After finding the final clue, the ship's wheel revealing coordinates, we had to board the dingy before Blackbeard and his motley crew returned to catch us going overboard. 60 minutes was all we had, and though it usually takes 8 people, the 4 of us escaped Blackbeard just in time, "Blow me down! Yo-ho-ho! And off we go!"
Like driftwood escaping the waves, out of Tybee we went. Homeward bound. But Tybee, "lights the corners of my mind with misty water-colored memories" and we shall return.
Not wanting to construct lighthouses or make ships, we do want more adventure! And some of those adventures were left behind -- Skidaway Island, Duck Donuts, Diamond Causeway, and Walking Alligators.
Hummm, walking alligators? Wonder if alligators tolerate leashes? Maybe these walk on two feet heeling at your side looking you in the eye thinking you look tasty?
CHOMP! THEnd.
Sounds like a good time was had by all. Glad you had the chance to getaway and spend time making memories with family.
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