Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Savannah - Day Four

This day we didn't really have anything planned, but decided to go on a dolphin tour. On the tour we passed the Cockspur Lighthouse.


Just a short distance from Tybee Island, this sentinel rises from a tidal creek. Cockspur was established in 1849 marking the South Channel of the Savannah River. Another light marked the North Channel designating these lights as range lights. Boats were unable to navigate the South Channel and the beacon was discontinued in 1909 and abandoned in 1949. Restored in 1978, the light is part of Fort Pulaski National Monument.




Can't say this was very exciting. Yes, we did see dolphins, but just swimming. None would jump up in the air so you could get really good pictures. Plus, we didn't see a whole lot of dolphins. A handful at the most, just swimming around.





Probably the best part of the tour was seeing the huge cargo ship, the Yang Ming, out of New Jersey. Each of those rectangle shapes are actually individual semi-truck compartments. Not sure what they are called, but you get the idea of how big that ship was.

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