I had booked a horse drawn carriage "Historical Tour" of old Savannah. Since the private tour (one couple in the carriage) was rather co$tly, I opted for the "public" tour which would have 10 or 12 people sharing the tour - much less expensive.
We arrived in town early, planning to have lunch before the tour. We parked in one of the garages ($$$) in the old section. Since there was a cool breeze blowing, we found a nice outdoor patio restaurant at the Hyatt Regency which was in the sun, sheltered from the wind and had a great view of the river. The hostess seated us and said someone would be taking our order shortly. Twenty minutes later I went in search of a waitress. I found a different hostess who hurried the required help to our table. We ordered, we had a delicious lunch and then were told by hostess #2 that the lunch and drinks were on the house, because of the wait. OK I think to myself, bonus #1.
So we walk to the tour pick-up point at the pre-arranged time but there is only a private type carriage, no cattle wagon. The driver informs us that since there were no other tour bookings that afternoon we were being upgraded to the private tour. OK, bonus # 2.
Now I'm thinking I should buy a lottery ticket. We have a very interesting tour with Saltie the horse skilfully navigating traffic and we decide it's time to return to the RV park. We climb 8 flights of stairs, get in the car and drive down to the cashier with a $20 bill in hand, and she says "that's OK, have a nice day". ???HUH??
So, a nice day it was. But it wasn't over before we stopped into the local Publix and bought a PowerBall Lottery ticket.
$250 million...the draw is tomorrow night. If we drop out of sight for a few years, you'll know how this turned out.
In keeping with my "No Post Without a Pic." policy here is some river traffic that went by while we were having lunch.
We're in White Springs Fl. for a couple of days. The day after tomorrow it's BEACH TIME!!!
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