On day 5 we drove from Columbia to Jacksonville. Pretty much half way is Savannah. I had never been but had always heard it was beautiful. Even though we wouldn't want to spend a ton of time, it seemed like the perfect spot for lunch. Yes, I managed to convince my husband to take a detour. But to be fair, I also thought it was right off of 95. In reality we had to get on another highway to take us to the coast, but still not too far. For lunch we stopped at The Pirates House based on a recommendation from a bloggy mom.
It was perfect. We made a reservation (just because I like to earn Open Table points whenever I can) but on a Tuesday afternoon I don't think we needed them. My husband and I got the buffet and my oldest duaghter ordered a grilled cheese off the kids menu. The buffet had probably 10 items so not huge, but covered everything we expected from a "Southern Luncheon buffet". My husband loves Southern food, so he was in heaven, even I went up for seconds of the barbecue pork and rice. My daughter was happy because we were able to get her mac and cheese from the buffet.
We were seated in one of the rooms that was connecting the two main buildings. The whole place is a maze of various size rooms and has been around since 1753. They do have "pirates" who come by your table and pose for pictures. Usually that kind of stuff bugs me, but they're not trying to sell you photos, you use your own camera if you want a shot. My kids I think were a little put off by it though cause they were hungry and didn't want to stop for a picture, so we didn't get a really good shot. Oh well.
I had read some reviews by people saying that they were disappointed because they were expecting something more like "Pirates of the Caribbean" but honestly that's what I liked about it. It was old, but maintained, there were little signs posted around telling the history of the house and what the rooms were used for in the past. In the room we were in, there was a sign over a tunnel that had been discovered maybe 30 years before that had never been on any plans and they're not quite sure what it was used for. Makes for good lunch conversation, was it where they hid their treasures? a dungeon?
There is a gift shop upstairs which has some cute things but a lot of it is typical kitschy gift shop stuff but pretty reasonable prices. My daughters each bought a necklace and bracelet set, and we got them each a "gold pirate coin" - the coins were only 50 cents each. We didn't spend a lot of time exploring the other rooms, but still the kids liked it and I would definitely recommend it to others.
After lunch we decided to take a short walk along the water and back towards our car. It was really hot so they kids didn't have much patience for it, but I still enjoyed our brief stroll. I love the trees in this area with the spanish moss growing on them. So pretty. My daughter was fascinated with the streets that were paved with brick or ones paved with seashells. All in all a great stop. I would have liked to linger a little longer but it was just too hot, so after our walk we filled up our water bottles at the cooler that the Pirates House very nicely has for public use in their courtyard and headed down to Jax.
It was perfect. We made a reservation (just because I like to earn Open Table points whenever I can) but on a Tuesday afternoon I don't think we needed them. My husband and I got the buffet and my oldest duaghter ordered a grilled cheese off the kids menu. The buffet had probably 10 items so not huge, but covered everything we expected from a "Southern Luncheon buffet". My husband loves Southern food, so he was in heaven, even I went up for seconds of the barbecue pork and rice. My daughter was happy because we were able to get her mac and cheese from the buffet.
We were seated in one of the rooms that was connecting the two main buildings. The whole place is a maze of various size rooms and has been around since 1753. They do have "pirates" who come by your table and pose for pictures. Usually that kind of stuff bugs me, but they're not trying to sell you photos, you use your own camera if you want a shot. My kids I think were a little put off by it though cause they were hungry and didn't want to stop for a picture, so we didn't get a really good shot. Oh well.
I had read some reviews by people saying that they were disappointed because they were expecting something more like "Pirates of the Caribbean" but honestly that's what I liked about it. It was old, but maintained, there were little signs posted around telling the history of the house and what the rooms were used for in the past. In the room we were in, there was a sign over a tunnel that had been discovered maybe 30 years before that had never been on any plans and they're not quite sure what it was used for. Makes for good lunch conversation, was it where they hid their treasures? a dungeon?
There is a gift shop upstairs which has some cute things but a lot of it is typical kitschy gift shop stuff but pretty reasonable prices. My daughters each bought a necklace and bracelet set, and we got them each a "gold pirate coin" - the coins were only 50 cents each. We didn't spend a lot of time exploring the other rooms, but still the kids liked it and I would definitely recommend it to others.
After lunch we decided to take a short walk along the water and back towards our car. It was really hot so they kids didn't have much patience for it, but I still enjoyed our brief stroll. I love the trees in this area with the spanish moss growing on them. So pretty. My daughter was fascinated with the streets that were paved with brick or ones paved with seashells. All in all a great stop. I would have liked to linger a little longer but it was just too hot, so after our walk we filled up our water bottles at the cooler that the Pirates House very nicely has for public use in their courtyard and headed down to Jax.
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This is the fence of a private home next door to the Pirates House. I just thought it was really creative instead of the standard old fence where all the posts are the same. I don't know if they were left over from another project, salvaged from somewhere, or purposely made this way for the fence, but whatever the case, it caught my eye, especially the way it played off the blue house.
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