Savannah, Georgia (Miles to Date:10680)
Today we are travelling down to the historic city of Savannah. Before heading off we decided to drive out to Stone Mountain to the see giant relief carving of the Confederate Memorial, depicting three Confederate heroes of the Civil War, President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The entire carved surface measures three-acres, starting 400 feet above the ground, and measures 90 by 190 feet, and is recessed 42 feet into the mountain. The monument was started by in 1923 by Gutzon Borglum but he fell out with the Memorial Association and went off to work on Mount Rushmore. Fortunately they found someone to finish it off.
It was a very chilly morning but we braved the frigid air and tromped down to the base of the “mountain”, which is actually a large granite monolith. We snapped off a few photos and beat a retreat back to the warmth of our van, and onto our long journey down to Savannah, Georgia.
Today we are travelling down to the historic city of Savannah. Before heading off we decided to drive out to Stone Mountain to the see giant relief carving of the Confederate Memorial, depicting three Confederate heroes of the Civil War, President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The entire carved surface measures three-acres, starting 400 feet above the ground, and measures 90 by 190 feet, and is recessed 42 feet into the mountain. The monument was started by in 1923 by Gutzon Borglum but he fell out with the Memorial Association and went off to work on Mount Rushmore. Fortunately they found someone to finish it off.It was a very chilly morning but we braved the frigid air and tromped down to the base of the “mountain”, which is actually a large granite monolith. We snapped off a few photos and beat a retreat back to the warmth of our van, and onto our long journey down to Savannah, Georgia.
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