Daily Archives: June 14, 2009
Trolleys and Uncle Bubba…
Today we had lunch at Paula Deen’s brother’s place, Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House.
Uncle Bubba's
View from Uncle Bubba's Dining Room
First off, we had a little problem finding the place, but apparently it wasn’t just us.
Our GPS system took us to the left off US 80, which was very obviously a residential neighborhood. Finally I decided to turn around and go back across the road. As we were going back we saw several cars full of people coming the way we had just come, all looking at the GPS on their dashboards.
We crossed back over US 80 and about 100 yards down the road there was a small sign on the left. I don’t know why they don’t have a sign out on US 80.
When I asked the hostess about it, she said they have contacted Mapquest, Garmin, Magellan, Google, etc. to try and get the problem corrected, with no luck.
We got there about 20 min before they opened at 11 am. While we were waiting, we heard the staff, and some customers waiting with us, talking about what happened the night before at the restaurant.
Apparently, a maintenance person mixed bleach and Drano to do some cleaning. The resulting chlorine gas started spreading thru the restaurant, the Fire Department arrived, and the place was evacuated and closed for the night.
I guess we just missed all the excitement.
Anyway, the food was great. Jan had the Shrimp/Oyster combo platter, and I had the Low Country Boil, with boiled shrimp, grilled sausage, boiled potatoes, and corn on the cob.
For dessert, we shared a fantastic Strawberry Shortcake, made with pound cake.
While we could still walk, we headed back into Savannah to take the Old Town Trolley tour of the Savannah Historic District, from the same company we’ve taken tours with in Key West and St. Augustine.
Savannah has the largest Historic District of any city in the country and the tour was a lot of fun, but hot. Savannah certainly has a lot of very old houses.
After the tour, it was a quick stop at a pet store, and then back to the coach.
Later in the afternoon I checked out my toad taillight upgrade and Jan and I set outside in the shade.
More tomorrow…
