Parting Shot

Leaving Tybee

My Work Vacation - Savannah, Ga!

Tybee Lighthouse

This past week I took a little work vacation to volunteer with Chatham County's WIC farmer's market to try and get some volunteer hours and work experience with WIC. It was a great experience. The people I worked with were awesome and we were able to help a lot of people get fresh produce for their families. No one was complaining despite the heat index of 114. The coolest day of the week felt amazing at 94 degrees! In one day, we were able to give 174 families each 30 dollars worth of fresh produce. It was typical customer service, some people were very grateful for our help and others complained that the farmer's market didn't offer pears and banana's and drove away in their expensive cars... but overall it was a blast. The only time I lost my calm was when I ran into a family that had just picked up 60 dollars worth of produce at Chillis! It wasn't that they were getting free food and yet spending money on eating out, but because they got 60 dollars worth of the best and freshest georgia produce and decided to eat out instead of cooking what they took home. It makes me think about how you can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink. You can give people 60 dollars worth of free produce, but you can't convince them to eat vegetables instead of Chillis fried chicken crispers!

Helping out is always rewarding, but I can't lie, the highlight of my time down here was definitely my weekends! The first weekend I arrived, Zach and I spent the entire day at Tybee. We finally did the tourist stuff, seeing the fort, climbing to the top of the lighthouse, and eating crab, shrimp, and crawfish at the famous (and delicious) crab shack!... but the best part, by far, was spending a good 4 hours in the beautiful ocean!

At the Fort on North Shore

After that, it was back to the daily grind for a week, counting down the days to Zach's 22nd birthday! Waking up at 7 was definitely a new thing for me, but I was surprised how well I adjusted. With the hard work and the heat, I was definitely in bed early making getting up early not so bad until about Thursday or Friday. However, Saturday morning was too exciting for sleeping in. I woke Zach up early to give him his birthday presents and then we hit the road early to drive to Hilton Head. While we were there, I kept thinking how I wish I had Miss Lauren Badger's phone number, but I did not : (. Zach wanted to go to the Salty Dog Cafe, so we grabbed lunch and walked around all the cute little shops. We were very surprised to read some bad reviews about the place. The food was great, the staff was friendly, and the atmosphere was how you would imagine the perfect beach restaurant to be. Also, I would definitely recommend trying the Shrimp Toast and a pina colada out on the deck!

Hilton Head

Next, we drove home from Hilton Head pretty early to make it to a Savannah Sand Gnats game. Zach doesn't have cable so I've been having some pretty serious Braves withdrawals. We had talked about going to a game sometime, so we thought Zach's birthday would be the perfect occasion. Sure enough, It was! We were hungry and grabbed dinner at the game. We each got hot dogs. Zach's was HUGE. The Sand Gnats won 5 to 0 and they ended the night with a big fireworks show. I'm sure it was all in celebration of Zach's 22nd!

Zach's Mammoth Hotdog

Usually, my weekends are pretty much over by Saturday night, but my last night in Savannah was a blast. Sunday we went and got lunch at Sticky Fingers, since we didn't get a chance to eat Zach's favorite barbecue on his birthday (We are both still mourning over the loss of PR's). We also decided to start looking for a good Church in the area. Kathryn recommended Savannah Christian so we drove all the way to their East Campus just to realize we got the times wrong and there was no service. So we hopped in the car and drove down town as fast as we could to go to church at their downtown location at the historic Lucas theatre. It was great and we hope to go back in the future. After the service, we walked around downtown and went to listen to some live music. Turns out Lauren Badger's little brother was the drummer in the band! It was so crazy running into her in Savannah after being in Hilton Head the day before. By the way, her brother's band is awesome!!! Everyone was dancing and having a blast. A great way to end a great trip!!!

Historic Lucas Theatre