February 2020 – Page 2 – The Adventures of Bob & Lisa

Sloss Furnaces – Birmingham (AL)

I got the best picture 😂

Out the window this morning at James Island County Park. It’s a beautiful park, but lots of low-hanging trees (live oaks/moss) to negotiate on the way in. We’re here and safe though, and The Raven made it with flying colors. Cold too; below freezing this AM.

James Island is the closest/coolest campground to Charleston, which we’re exploring later today. Or tomorrow.

Lisa made an unforgettable “drunken noodles” last night for dinner. Not sure how they got drunk but they were wonderful.

Tybee Island (GA)

We picked a miserable day for Tybee but managed to make up for it at lunch at The Deck. Had the most remarkable mushroom tacos. Menu said “wild mushrooms, fennel, avocado, feta crema.” Unbelievably delish. They also had corn on the cob with chili powder and other stuff–panko maybe. Also great. What is “feta crema” you might ask? Whipped feta. Made the dish vegetarian, rather than vegan, but that’s splittin’ hairs, right?

Mushroom taco below. The green stuff looked like green onions, not fennel. Not sure where the fennel was.

Corn

Beachside at The Deck on Tybee Island but pretty awful outside.

My first low country boil

Shrimp, sausage, corn and potatoes, with yellow sauce* and seasonings. Fantastic and seemingly semi healthy. Savannah Seafood Shack.

*yes, I know what “yellow sauce” is…

Eeew.

This is a pan of water (to put campfire out) from the tap at Skidaway Island SP. Not sure what’s in it, or what it is, or if it’s just air bubbles.

In any case, for Raven’s water supply, we put a filter on the tap, put it through a portable water softener, then it’s filtered once again. Most drinking/cooking water is from jugs. (I’ll drink coffee made from our special drinking tap–that water is triple filtered…)

First use of outdoor tv.

Bikes on Skidaway

Cool bike trail(s) at Skidaway Island SP. Lots of little surprises on the way, including an old still (was a big bootlegging area evidently). Nice being there in February. Could only imagine the bugs in the summertime.

Skidaway Island (GA)

Great place for the rig for a few nights near Savannah.

Skidaway an ideal springboard for exploring Savannah. Here’s the famous “Bird Girl” made famous by the book “In the Garden of Good and Evil.” She was moved from the cemetery a few years ago for safekeeping. Now saely ensconced behind a $20 museum ticket.