Episode 7 "Fun in Savannah Georgia" explores the historic surroundings of Savannah Georgia. Go up the Tybee Island Lighthouse and discover alligators in Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. Great destinations for travelers and multiple campgrounds and RV parks in the area.
WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:05.100 --> 00:00:09.740 Hi and welcome to this weeks edition of RV videos. We are here at Tybee Island 00:00:09.740 --> 00:00:13.580 Georgia on top of the lighthouse checking out the view 00:00:13.580 --> 00:00:16.900 this one of the great things you can see when you go RVing to unique locations 00:00:16.900 --> 00:00:20.070 like Savannah and the coast 00:00:20.070 --> 00:00:23.200 so come along we'll show you what there's and due out here 00:00:23.200 --> 00:00:27.080 in beautiful Savannah. Your first stop in Tybee Island should be to Tybee Island 00:00:27.080 --> 00:00:27.600 Lighthouse 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:30.870 this lighthouse has been working a lighthouse for over two hundred and 00:00:30.870 --> 00:00:31.890 seventy years 00:00:31.890 --> 00:00:35.550 still in operation today 00:00:35.550 --> 00:00:38.809 and you can pay to go up to the top 00:00:38.809 --> 00:00:44.280 it's a total of 178 stairs 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:48.920 in a banister style the center post where you circle as you climb up 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:53.460 inside of the walls 00:00:53.460 --> 00:00:56.890 interesting thing about the walls in the lighthouse is that about half way up 00:00:56.890 --> 00:01:00.530 the bricks change. The building was burned during civil war 00:01:00.530 --> 00:01:03.790 and has been rebuilt with different bricks up towards the top. 00:01:03.790 --> 00:01:07.430 as you climb the stairs there are lookouts where you can peak out the windo to 00:01:07.430 --> 00:01:13.790 see just how high you have come 00:01:13.790 --> 00:01:18.200 once you do reach top you walk out the door and 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:21.540 see how high you really are That's 00:01:21.540 --> 00:01:30.400 a cool view 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:35.240 Tybee Island has been under multiple flags in its history including the Spanish French 00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:39.200 pirates were here at one-time colonial 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:42.300 Georgia civil war flag 00:01:42.300 --> 00:01:50.060 and US flag 00:01:50.060 --> 00:01:55.090 leaving the light house you can tour downtown and stop by the beautiful beaches 00:01:55.090 --> 00:01:59.810 to enjoy the sea and sun and waves 00:01:59.810 --> 00:02:02.360 Leaving Tybee Island you head northwest 00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:07.030 in to South Carolina to the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge off-road 00:02:07.030 --> 00:02:15.360 tour 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:18.190 this four-mile gravel road takes you through 00:02:18.190 --> 00:02:21.410 an amazing scenic vista 00:02:21.410 --> 00:02:25.310 of natural plants and animal just a short drive 00:02:25.310 --> 00:02:30.000 away from the major city of Savannah 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:34.120 Wildlife Refuge it's built on remains of rice plantations 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:38.410 that were left over from the Civil War as a you drive the four mile dirt 00:02:38.410 --> 00:02:41.740 Road you will actually see old structures that date back to those days. 00:02:41.740 --> 00:02:45.610 these plantations were manned by slaves that were only profitable because of slaves. 00:02:45.610 --> 00:02:49.620 because of slaves. With the loss of slavery the plantations 00:02:49.620 --> 00:02:52.860 lost their income stream or ability to make a profitable income stream 00:02:52.860 --> 00:02:56.610 as a result the lands became fallow 00:02:56.610 --> 00:03:00.540 and eventually returned to federal government property 00:03:00.540 --> 00:03:05.610 and has been turned over as a wildlife refuge. There's hiking trails 00:03:05.610 --> 00:03:08.700 and many scenic vistas where you can watch the wildlife in a natural setting 00:03:08.700 --> 00:03:13.890 What we found interesting during our trip 00:03:13.890 --> 00:03:17.200 was the number of gators that were visible throughout this area. They were 00:03:17.200 --> 00:03:18.230 swimming in the water 00:03:18.230 --> 00:03:23.910 lying on the shores 00:03:23.910 --> 00:03:27.380 and we even spotted a bunch of babies all hanging out together. 00:03:27.380 --> 00:03:31.700 That's it for our tour of Tybee Island and Savannah area there are 00:03:31.700 --> 00:03:36.160 great RV parks and campgrounds in the area. We invite you to CampgroundViews.com 00:03:36.160 --> 00:03:40.080 to find themand see them. For this week 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:45.510 this is Mark Koep of CampgroundViews.com. See you again next week in our video series 00:03:45.510 --> 00:03:46.730 Good Bye