Only a month later...

Back in May, Darlin and I went to Savannah, Georgia, with my Girl Scout troop. We left on a Tuesday and drove the 7 hours with nothing to comment about. We (the adults) thought the highlight of the trip was going to be our dinner that night at Paula Deen's Lady & Sons restaurant. Now, don't get me wrong, the food was oh-so-delicious, but we didn't realize what we had in store the next day for lunch. I'll actually get to that later, but for now, the Lady & Sons.

We sat down and they immediately placed a hoe-cake on our bread plate. This was served with lots of butter and honey. YUM! Then, really before we could eat the hoe-cake, they placed a two-inch-thick, fluffy, light, garlic-cheese biscuit on our plate. This was the best thing about the meal for me, and I am quite the bread connoisseur. We had a buffet full of options - roast, barbecued pork, jerk pork chops, real mashed potatoes, green beans - I can't remember it all now, but you get the idea. For dessert, we had a choice of banana pudding, peach cobbler, or chocolate chip gooey butter cake. I had to go with the peach cobbler and it didn't disappoint.

We had time to swim at the hotel that night and then settled in for some well deserved rest.

Over the next three days, we took a trolley tour, did a walking scavenger hunt, toured the birthplace of the founder of Girl Scouts, Juliet Gordon Low, ate dinner at the Pirate's House restaurant, saw a Broadway-type 50's music show, participated in the Girl Scout Militia at Old Fort Jackson, climbed the Tybee Island Lighthouse, learned about the marine life at Tybee Island Marine Science Center, spent a few hours on the beach, took a dolphin tour, and painted our own pottery!

I think the highlight of the trip (for me!) was the visit to Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House restaurant. We sat down to a table with so many bowls on it, we couldn't fit anything else. Fried chicken, barbecue, turnip greens, mashed potatoes, field peas, cornbread, biscuits, rutabagas, corn, just to name a few. The food was just like your mama made...seasoned with bacon or fat back and WOW were we stuffed when we left. In fact, on the whole trip, every time we were scheduled to eat, no one was hungry! We ate like royalty!

It was a very busy trip, but we only had three days to spend, so we packed it full. It was very educational. And to prove that Old Dogs can learn new tricks, I learned that the Girl Scouts helped train troops during World War I. Girl Scouts were taught the semaphore code and then used to teach it to the troops. This was a code used to communicate during the war, and Girl Scouts had a huge part in it! Really cool!

I hope the girls had a great time and made some memories. I know I did. I feel blessed to be even a small part of these girls' lives.