This may be the only time I ever say it but....my husband was right....

I really enjoyed the Mighty Eighth Airforce Museum! It was wonderful. So much history, memoribilia, artwork. It really is spectacular. We even got to talk to a man who was a fighter pilot during WWII. He flew a P-51and survived over 60 missions. A walking, talking tribute to the dedication and determination of our servicemen, past and present. It was awe inspiring. I highly recommend it to anyone who is in the Savannah area!

We started off our weekend at the museum, and then went downtown for a while. By the time we had finished the tour, we were hungry, and I had picked out a cute pub on the map for dinner. After parking I realized that Paula Deen's restaurant was just two blocks behind the pub, so we decided to walk past and take some pics for my mom. She loves watching Paula on the Food Network and asked us to try and get some photos. When we got there, we were surprised to see that there was no line....usually it's wrapped around the building. Apparently they were just starting to take reservations for the evening so JB decided what the heck....let's do it! So....we left our name and came back at the designated time....to find the huge line waiting for us! LOL....we didn't have to wait long, and we were hearded inside, up to the 3rd floor. We sat at the bar and enjoyed the buffet for only $17 a plate! Holy smokes....I have to say the food was very good....but nothing out of the ordinary. I was expecting to grab a plate and hear a chorus of angels singing as I ladled up scoop fulls of heaven on a plate....however, all I heard was the scuttle of servers as they filled the pans with fried chicken and shrimp jambalaya. I was disappointed with the desserts though. You could choose from banana pudding (yuck....but dh loves it so that was a score for him), sweet potato butter cake (which I would have liked but I had over dosed on sweet potatoes on the buffet), and peach cobbler. I had that, but it wasn't very good. There was one tiny piece of peach in it, while the rest was hard, semi-burnt topping and a thick cornstarch-sugar filling. All in all I would say the buffet was very good....but you are definately paying for the opportunity to say "I ate at the Lady and Sons restaurant".  I was, however, promised that we would eat at the pub when we go back in the fall!

I think the husband and I are getting old. It was 7:30 Saturday night and we were....sprawled out on the king sized bed in the hotel room, eating vending machine candy and watching "Eight Legged Freaks"....lol. I called the girls to talk to them and Betsy is like, "OMG....you are in the room and it's only 7:30? You guys are PATHETIC!!!!" lol....but you know, the best part of the trip was spending the evening, curled up next to John, watching cheezy movies and just enjoying being together. All together now...."awwwwww". LOL.

This morning we had a great breakfast at the motel. They had a continental breakfast and you could make your own belgian waffles and man....they were awesome. I was trying to figure out the machine when this little old man came up beside me and said, with a twinkle in his eye (I swear, he really did have a twinkle....I'm not just saying it!), "You gonna try that contraption?" LOL....he watched as I cooked a perfectly golden brown waffle. I learned he was from Florida too, and we chatted a bit about the weather, and missing the hurricane. After breakfast we checked out and went back downtown to explore the riverwalk and some of the shops. It was so nice. And the weather wasn't too bad either. It was warm, but not the oppressive humidity we are used to. I even commented to John as we stood in line for the restaurant how we were the only ones not fanning ourselves and commenting about the heat. I guess our blood is now "Florida thin" instead of "Indiana thick"....

We had a nice drive back home, and were greeted at the door by wee one....but not because she missed me. They had locked the door in the garage and I didn't have a key....so after pounding for a few minutes she drug her butt away from the computer to let me in....lol.

There's nothing like being missed by your kids....