Out and About in Richmond Hill

Today was our first day in Richmond Hill, just south of Savannah, Georgia.  We took our usual walk about the campground first thing in the morning, sipping our cups of coffee.  This morning was unusual, first because we have a lake by the campground, and, second, because the lake is rife with wildlife - fowl - swans, geese, eagles, egrets, herons, loons, and more!

Here is a photo of the many swans (and their geese friends) populating the lake.  The campground owners put seeds out in large buckets for the swans.  The swans can reach into the buckets with their long necks and reach the seeds.  The other birds cannot.  But the geese and swans have solved this problem:  the swans reach in and grab the seeds and spread them on the ground for the geese to eat!  It seems the swans like each other less than they like the geese.

Late this afternoon, we walked a mile and a half over to Molly MacPherson's Scottish Pub & Grill, an establishment that lives up to its name, and more.  Along the way, Kathy saw one of her first palm trees on this trip South, and we had to capture a photo of it for posterity:

Molly MacPherson's specializes in single malt scotches (one of our favorite libations).  You can purchase any of nearly 100 single malt scotches by the single serving; or you can purchase a flight of five half-shots, each different, along various themes.  Kathy picked a flight called, "Mike's Flight," a selection of the owner's favorites.  David picked an Islay/Campbelltown flight.  Here's a photo of our flights, along with our scrumptious appetizer, known as the "Scottish Combo," a sampler of Scotch Egg, Meat Pie, and Guinness Onion Rings:

We shared an entree of Steak & Guinness Stew (yum!) along with another shot of our respective favorite scotches (Kathy had an Auchentoshen, David had Peat Monster), and rounded the meal out with a scrumptious, if somewhat dry, "Molly's Scotch Cake."

We walked back to the campground under the rosy glow of a Georgian sunset in a clear sky with puffy grey clouds.  We ignored the traffic on Route 17 and concentrated on the rosy glows inside and outside.