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The Impenetrable Fort

10/22/2015

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Just downriver from Savannah are Fort Pulaski and Tybee Island--a nice day trip. Pulaski was built in the mid 1800s and considered untakeable by the cannon existing at the time. At the start of the Civil War, the Confederate militia took control and assumed when the Union soldiers built batteries across the river that their shells would never reach and also couldn't damage the 8-foot thick walls. Overconfidence is never a good thing because the Union had developed rifled cannons and shells that had far greater range and power. The fort fell in a few hours. A lesson in the futility of the perfect defense.

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It is an amazing place. It seemed odd to see a moat and drawbridge as part of the defense system only 150 years ago. The structure of gun ports on three sides makes you wonder what the noise was like when all of those guns were firing. Baseball was a popular entertainment in the fort during the war. Lots of interesting tidbits.

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Tybee Island is one of those beach towns lined with tourist junk shops and seafood restaurants. My favorite restaurant name was 'Marlin Monroe.' The beach is beautiful white sand and the crowds are not at their peak this time of year.

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The most common signs in town are the ones warning that there is NO free parking anywhere. We wandered into a restaurant that was not seafood--more by accident than design. The manager said the town are real Nazis about the parking and the fines are steep. After lunch, we stopped to get a couple of shots of the lighthouse but it was getting late so we did not take the tour. As you can see, a few clouds had moved in but this has really been an incredible stretch of weather on this trip.

Today we will be launching early to try and avoid the worst Atlanta traffic on our trek to Stone Mountain. The Sisters on the Fly event there this weekend was what started this whole trip. Tonight, they have a soup supper and a book discussion--and they chose The Time Travel Trailer as their topic. Hence, my invitation. I am really excited about that and seeing my sister Gretchen who will be joining me for the weekend. She's threatening to bring her chickens.


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