View of Savannah from Hutchinson Island and the convention center.
Bob and Wade on River Street, Savannah, at sundown. Summer of 1999.
Venezuelan sailboat along the River Street plaza during the "First Saturday Festival," August 2000.
Lauren, Melissa and Wade on a hotel balcony overlooking River Street and riverboats in the Savannah River. Across the river on Hutcheson Island is the new convention center and Westin Hotel. February 2000.
You never know what you will find on River Street: musicians, artists, entertainers. Here Wade ran across some parrots. February 2000.
Wade and Lauren in front of Pirate's House, a restaurant built in 1754, reportedly the site of the beginning of the novel, Treasure Island. Legend has it that there was an underground tunnel from the pirate's house to the river's edge, so that pirates could sneak into the city. Summer of 1999.
Wade and Lauren in front of the "waving girl" statue on River Street, remembering a Florence Martus, lady who for many years stood by the river and waved to every boat coming in and out of the port of Savannah. Summer of 1999.
River Street and some other streets in Savannah still have the original cobblestones. Photo from the Savannah Morning News.
Wade, Mary and Lauren in front of Savannah City Hall, Bay Street. Summer of 1999.