A Stunning Ride Through Majestic Live Oaks
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From your point of view, this dirt and gravel road continues on for another unbelievable one and one half miles....just as you see it here. The ride under the Live Oak canopy is breath-taking. It leads you to Wormslow, which is just south of Savannah proper.
James Oglethorpe and a small cluster of settlers landed at the far end of this road in early 1734. Among the group was a man named Noble Jones. He and his compatriots intended to establish the first permanent settlement in Georgia. Times were tough and Noble and his family were the only ones of the original group to survive the venture. He ultimately built a substantial tabby home on a large tract of land overlooking the coastal waters and he called this place " Wormslow ". Over the years, it also came to be spelled as " Wormsloe ". The tabby ruins of his home are the oldest known in the Savannah area.
Jones went on to become a very principal character in the development of Georgia as one of the original colonies. He died in 1775...right before the War of Independence broke out. All evidence indicates that he would have been proud of the outcome of the war.
James Oglethorpe and a small cluster of settlers landed at the far end of this road in early 1734. Among the group was a man named Noble Jones. He and his compatriots intended to establish the first permanent settlement in Georgia. Times were tough and Noble and his family were the only ones of the original group to survive the venture. He ultimately built a substantial tabby home on a large tract of land overlooking the coastal waters and he called this place " Wormslow ". Over the years, it also came to be spelled as " Wormsloe ". The tabby ruins of his home are the oldest known in the Savannah area.
Jones went on to become a very principal character in the development of Georgia as one of the original colonies. He died in 1775...right before the War of Independence broke out. All evidence indicates that he would have been proud of the outcome of the war.
I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
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Thanks for looking in.
It was a very interesting 2 hours we spent there absorbing all the sights and history of the site. It really brought home the realization of just how daunting it must have been for these initial settlers to come to a new land and try and carve out an existence.
Tom
Happy New Year.
Looks like another stunning place, KK and I keep talking about getting to that
part of the Country, looks like Savannah and Charleston are two
wonderful places to see and stay.
Give our Best To D and The Mousers!!!
Craig
Burleson, Texas
Hi Jackie,
Thanks for your looking in. This beautiful drive has been used in several movies. I'm pretty sure it was used in " Forest Gump ", as were other Savannah sites.
Tom
Yo Gary,
Beautiful drive for sure....but I'd hate to have to rake all the oak leaves.:D
Take care,
Tom
You picked two winners, Craig, when you picked Savannah and Charleston. Both are right at the top of my list as places in which to spend some time....very similar in many regards, yet distinctly different in others.
Take care my friend,
Tom
I have been in the desert for 30 years, I forgot about raking leaves:D I changed my mind about the drive:D gary
enjoy. Works work enjoyed no matter where your at. Nobody has told me
that yet but I wish they would so I could say someone did.
Nice piece Tom
I'd guess that most people haven't had the opportunity to try and photograph such an image. This is a VERY difficult image to capture, too much latitude for our sensors. Even though you were shooting quartering into the sun, and therefore some flare is washing out the image, you did a very nice job with the exposure. I must admit that I was frustrated with my few attempts when I was in the area.
I'll be back your way some time and you can tutor me on it
Hey Pard,
Well, you're absolutely right in your assessment of the difficulty in pulling this shot off. Had I been able to choose, I'd surely have picked a different time of the day. Had I been thinking properly, I would also have gone down the road a little ways and turned around and shot the scene from the other direction. That would have, at least, helped mitigate the flare issue. As it was, I just tried to make the best of the deal.
This scene is so striking in person that it demands I return and give it another go....and the next time I'll have my tripod handy in case I need to shoot several exposures and merge them.
I tell you, brother, we could have a ball in Savannah. Shootin' and eatin'.....it doesn't get any better than that.:D
Ride safe,
Tom
Is any part of Nobel Jone's home visible?
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Hey Mary,
A fair amount of the Noble Jone's home exterior wall structure is still there.
You can also see a little bit of some remaining interior wall sections. The well for water, which is located within the exterior walls, is also evident.
Among his many traits, Jones was a master craftsman and his home was built to last. From various sources of evidence, they've been able to develop renderings of what the home looked like when it was first completed.....quite contemporary to my eye. Interestingly, some of the features remind me of a fort....which, in effect, it actually was.
Google up Noble Jones and you should find pictures of his house as it is and as it was.
Take care,
Tom
Googled it .. found this in case anyone else is interested. Interesting read.
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