Running... To Savannah?

Not the athletic kind or the sports kind or any kind requiring physical exertion on any level.  1K?  5K?  Marathon?  Not unless someone is chasing me and even then it better be a Yeti or something big and bad enough to scare me.  What I mean here by "running" is metaphoric for some kind of exploration I'm about to begin either by running "away" for a bit or running "to" for awhile.  I won't know which it will be until I get there.

I've decided to spend three weeks somewhere away from home and alone later this January.  It's going to be MY time to think, to write, to paint, to sip wine and look at a sunset or two, to walk, to wonder and to wander.  Surprisingly to me, I've planned it so I can be as careful with money and time as I can. Usually I leave all that to my husband (how unfair and sexist of me).   But this being MY adventure I decided to own it!  And so far so good (with the planning anyway).

First it had to be somewhere with milder weather than winter in New Jersey.  Second it had to be a place I would consider living in for the rest of my life.  Third it had to be somewhere where I wasn't imposing on anyone I knew either by staying some nights, borrowing cars, or needing rides.  And fourth it had to be at a price I thought of as affordable (including the air fare).

I narrowed it down to two destinations I thought were most accomodating for my circumstances.  I began to think only one was do-able... Savannah, Georgia!  I've never been there but know I would love so much about it.  The achitecture, the squares, the history, the music, the people, the food, the sweet slow pace and the way they talk --- it's like one word leaning onto another in an easy lazy way til they all alight gently onto the floor.  This is not the high season so prices are almost reasonable for vacation rentals (with a kitchenette so I don't spend all my money dining out).  I wouldn't need to rent a car since it is an ideal walking city.  It's relatively safe for a smart women traveling alone (I've done quite a bit of research).  Museums, house tours, the very first Black Baptist church, a city surprisingly little scathed by the destructions of the Civil War.  And Tybee island not to far for another adventure within an adventure.

Now I am not one of the idle rich.  I should be working again soon but since I fractured my back badly in early August I haven't been able to.  I expect to get a call sometime soon from a manager that I used to work for now that I can begin to get back into that routine.  But until then I am using this time BIG TIME !

So I was about to seriously consider one of those VBRO responses I received from beautiful Savannah and was about to begin negotiations and itinerary planning and serendipity floated before me (well really it showed up in my inbox).