My hiking pal Tammy, an old high school and college chum, is trying to hike every state park in Georgia and lacked some of the ones in the southernmost part of the state. So, I just got back from joining her for three days of hiking at eight parks and historic sites. We had a great time, and the scenery was amazing. Even more amazing? We had sunny skies and seventy- and eighty-degree temps every single day. Yay!
I was praying I would be able to keep up with her, and I did, so let’s all take a moment and thank the Lord for answered prayer, else I wouldn’t be here today.
After our first full day of hiking, we were quite hungry and headed to the Pirate’s House in downtown Savannah, a place I last visited when I was in college, so it’s been a minute. The Pirate’s House is located seven blocks from where General Oglethorpe landed in 1733 and is a legendary historic site in Georgia. It is said to have been a meeting spot for pirates, and the servers dress in pirate costumes, which the little kids just love.
For dinner, I had a pasta dish featuring shrimp and alligator sausage (which is delicious, by the way), and I was happy they served Arnold Palmers.
I certainly did not expect to find any tea stuff on this trip, so I was delighted to come across Pirate’s Rum flavored black tea in the Pirate’s House gift shop.
It contains black tea, pineapple pieces, calendula and sunflower and safflower petals, and natural flavors. I was expecting it to taste like a rum cake, but if there’s rum flavoring, it was very mild. I did taste a nice brisk black tea and the pineapple, so I was quite happy with my Pirate’s Rum tea. On Wednesday, I’ll be sharing another unexpected tea find at the oldest standing structure in Savannah!
