Savannah Blues

After the most awesome project ever, my team is sad to say good-bye to the sun, sand and sponsors here in Savannah, Ga. This week was a wonderful last week- we finished up our .5 acres of reef stretching the whole coast of the UGA extension office land. Then the team celebrated with a huge mud fight (which I sadly had to miss to bring Paul to physical therapy). Yesterday we spent the day at Tybee Island where former AmeriCorps teams had built reefs in the past. We went canoeing along the living reefs growing from their bagged shell. It was cool to see what our hard work will turn into in a year. We also got a private tour of the Sea Turtle refuge and recovery facilities on the island and got to spend some quality time with some ENORMOUS turtles care of some AmeriCorps State and Nationals working with the refuge.

I realize I haven't been writing since we have been here. It has been such a great project (in such a great city) that it has kept me very busy. We have spent a lot of time checking out downtown Savannah, and the area near by our hotel (NOT downtown Savannah). I spent a couple nights bowling with some teammates- and even won a game. Also, the boys and I attended a minor league baseball game which was extremely fun.

We had Spring Break while we were here. My friend Clayton visited and we had a great time going out downtown and hanging out on the beach. It was nice to talk to someone about life outside of AmeriCorps. Just to be a normal person for a while. Also I always have great conversation with CThurm so his visit really made my break.

Things have been wonderful this SPIKE- having plenty of work, great sponsors, comfortable living arrangements, and interesting things to do on the weekends- but I am definitely ready for a break!

Tomorrow we leave Savannah to head up to West Virginia. Monday night starts a week of vacation time for me and I can't wait!