DC to PP

P DC and VA

(See Virginia DC PA post.)

• Jul 23 P arr DCA 4:15pm. Stay at Avalon.
• Jul 24 Stay at Avalon.
• Jul 25 Drive 2:30 to Dave’s, Amtrak to Staunton, or Amtrak to Charlottesville. Stay at Dave’s.
• Jul 26 Stay at Dave’s.
• Jul 27 Return to Avalon. Stay at Avalon.
• Jul 28 Pack and disassemble. Stay at Avalon.
• Jul 29 Move belongings into storage. Stay at Avalon.
• Jul 30 Clean, pack car, and final walk through by 11am.

P and RMF DC to FL

(See private Timeshare post.)

• Jul 30 11am check out of Avalon. RMF arr DCA 4:55pm. Drive 3:40 to Clarksville. Stay with Harold and Liz.
• Jul 31 Visit and stay with Harold and Liz.
• Aug 1 Drive 6:00 to Hilton Head Island. (Option: go through Charleston, SC, adding 1:30.) Stay at Island Links Resort, 1 Coggins Point Road, an HGV property. (4400 HGV points.) Check in after 4pm. Target & the Headliner Horns, 7 to 10pm, $0, Shelter Cove Community Park, HHI.
• Aug 2 Gullah Heritage Tour, (bus tour info) 2.5 hours, dep HHI 10am, $50. Visit Savannah, 1:00. (Option: Tybee Island.) Stay at Island Links Resort.
  • Savannah Riverboat Sightseeing Cruise, 1:30, dep Sav 1:00m or 3:30pm, $42.
  • Savannah Hop On Hop Off Trolley Tour, 9am to 5pm, $45.
  • Bonaventure Cemetary golf cart tour, 1:00, $38, 9am 10:30am 12pm 1:30pm 3pm.
    • Wild Bees exhibit, Coastal Discovery Museum
• Aug 3 Check out by 10am. Gospel Jazz Brunch, HHI, 11am to 2pm. Visit Savannah. Drive 3:00 to St Augustine. Stay at HIE, 140 Vilano Road, St Augustine. (HGV certificate + $59.50 in taxes.) Check in after 4pm.
  • Aug 3, 6 to 8pm, Slaves in the City walking tour, Savannah, $65.
• Aug 4 Visit St Augustine. Stay at HIE, 140 Vilano Rd, St Augustine.
• Aug 5 Check out by 11am. Drive 1:20 via A1A Scenic Byway to HVC The Cove on Ormond Beach, North Tower. (480 HGV points.) Check in after 4pm. Visit Daytona Beach, 0:20.
• Aug 6 Visit Cape Canavarel (and Cocoa Beach), 1:50 via US-1 (1:20 via I-95).
• Aug 7 Check out by 10am. Visit Ormond Beach? Drive to Rob’s, 2:45 via Orlando or 3:15 via I-75 through Ocala National Forest and Richloam Wildlife Management Area. Stay at Rob’s.
• Aug 8 Drive 2:00 to Fort Myers. Stay at Rob’s. (Option Sarasota halfway between, Sarasota Art Museum at the Ringling College of Art and Design (ModCo), The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art (ROAM / NARM))
  • Edison and Ford Winter Estates (NARM)
  • Sanibel Historical Museum and Village (NARM)
  • Mound House (NARM)
  • Alliance for the Arts (NARM)
  • Sydney & Berne Davis Art Center (NARM)
  • The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum (NARM)
    • https://www.artinlee.org/event/fckup-nights-fort-myers-vol-10/
• Aug 9 St Pete Beach, 0:20. Stay at Rob’s. 8 NARM museums in St. Pete.
• Aug 10 RMF dep TPA 5:30am, 0:30 via Hwy 60.

P in FL

• Aug 10 P stay at Rob’s.
• Aug 11 to Aug 14 P stay at Rob’s.
• Aug 15 P dep TPA 6:55pm.

Gulla Geechee

Gullah Wikipedia article. Geechee-Gullah, Gullah, Geechee.

• Gullah Gullah Island TV show. Prime Video, Paramount+, Apple TV.
• Gullah Virtual Library.
• Cultural Heritage Corridor.
• Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor NHA, 713 Craven St, Beaufort, SC.
• Jonathan Green Studios, Charleston, SC. Vibrant paintings of Gullah culture.

Hilton Head Island, SC

• HHI tours.
• Trip Advisor.
• HHI events 2025 Aug 1.
• Gullah Museum of HHI.
• Mitchelville Freedom Park.
• Aug 5 (Tuesday) evening cruise $53 to see dolphins and fireworks.

St. Helena Island

• Daughters of the Dust, 1991 film.
• US 21 Scenic Byway from Beaufort to Hunting Island State Park.

Edisto Island

• Edisto Island National Scenic Byway.
• Marsh Hen Mill, Sea Island Blue Grits.
• Emily Meggett, Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto Island.
• Kardea Brown, Delicious Miss Brown on the Food Network.
• Botany Bay Plantation Wildlife Management Area.

Savannah

• Visit Savannah.
• Trip Advisor Savannah.
• Monday 7pm Gospel Music Dinner Cruise $78. Sunday Soulfood Black History Tour. Friday Gullah Geechee Tour and Lunch.
• Telfair Museum (ROAM), Mercer William House, Davenport House (NARM), Andrew Low House Museum (NARM).
• Melody: downtown Savannah walk along the riverfront, on historic streets, random shops, etc. The Savannah for Morons Trolley tour was a lot of fun (and not the least bit informative). The Southern Flavors walking dessert tour was yummy. Lots of good food. Treylor Park Diner was great, Little Duck Diner was pretty good. Maple Street Biscuit Company was a straight up awful experience. Rise Biscuit might’ve been better, but they didn’t really have seating. (I REALLY wanted a southern biscuit.) We did not plan ahead well enough to get reservations for The Pink House or for a cemetery tour.
• King-Tisdell Cottage Museum.
• Walking (3 miles) food tour – either dinner or lunch. Saturday Culinary & Cultural Food Tour, walking, 3 hours, 11 11:30 12:45 1:15 starts, $93. Downtown Donuts and Sweet Treats Tour, walking, 2 hours, $70.

History

• Black History tour – bus tour, Fr and Sa, Su Soulfood Tour.
• Grey Line tours. Saturday Slavery to Freedom tour, $69, 10:30am or 1:30pm, 2:30.
• Walk With Me Savannah Tours – including Rising Voices tour, $32, 10am or 1pm, two hours.
• Grey Line Gulla Geechee tour – Aug 1 (and every Friday), 1 hour bus tour starting at 10am followed by lunch at The Historic Second African Baptist Church with storytelling. Starts at $109.

Southeast of Savannah

• Tybee Island – Hilton article.
• Pin Point Heritage Museum.

South of Savannah

• Sapelo Island. Hog Hammock, last known Gullah community.
• St. Simons Island – between Savannah and St. Augustine. Moores Creek.
• Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Florida

• Fort Caroline National Memorial and Kingsley Plantation, 50 minutes north of St. Augustine.
• Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve, Jacksonville, FL. 2:10 south of Savannah and 50 minutes north of St. Augustine.
• A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Bulow Plantation Ruins State Park (just north of Ormond-by-the-Sea).
• Florida Scenic Byways. Florida Byways highlights. America’s Byways.
• Fort Mose, near St. Augustine.

St. Augustine

• Ximenez-Fatio House Museum (ROAM)
• Lightner Museum (NARM)
• St. Augustine Historical Society (NARM)
• Florida Agricultural Museum, Palm Coast, (NARM)
• (0:45 to Jacksonville, six NARM museums)

Ormond Beach

• Ormond Beach Memorial Art Museum and Gardens (NARM)

Daytona Beach

• Museum of Arts and Sciences (NARM)

Cape Canaveral

• Holidays in Space. Closed Xmas Day.
• NASA site.
• Kennedy site.
• Cocoa Beach

2:20 to Bayou Club Blvd.