Charleston & Savannah In April

Painter3066 wrote:
... We know there will be a lot of walking so we are renting her a electric scooter...

You will need to checkout the accessibility, but Charleston has some free trollies. Savannah has the Old Town Trolley and likely some others.

Check out some free car parking in Charleston too. If you have a disability card. We like James Island County Park for Charleston. Easy to get into the city from there. We like Skidaway State Park in Savannah. With the freeway it is fairly easy to get into the city. We do the carriage tour in Charleston and the trolley tour in Savannah. Saves walking and parking to get an overview of each city. I do both cities on my mobility scooter but the cobblestones are a killer. Some nice walkways end at stairs but I haven't found too much of a problem with back-tracking some. If you ask at the host post in places, they often have a way to get into places on the scooter if all you see is steps. This does not apply for historic places but some you get a reduced rate if you can't get upstairs or downstairs. Pays to call and ask.

Agree with James Island and Skidaway.

If you want a less urban, packed in, setting near Savannah you can check out Fort McAllister State Park in Richmond Hill, just a few miles South.

James Island County park in Charleston is the destination CG of choice. Your elderly mother is going to be blessed to see the azaleas blooming in April in all their glory. Charleston is beautiful in the spring.

James Island Co Park is wonderful. It is less than 10 minutes from downtown Charleston, about 10 minutes to the beach (Folly Beach) and really convenient. Skidaway is nice, but we have never stayed there.

Thanks so much for the replies. We will have Five days for sight seeing which one would you spend the most time in?

I think Charleston has a more varied sites from military to ocean to historical than Savannah, but it may be that we have just spent more time there.

On our first trip, we stayed at Hunting Island and did day trips to each of them, which was about 2 hrs for each. We just enjoyed Charleston more.

The first Saturday (?) in April is the Bridge Run with 10,000 visitors. Very busy.

MUST see are the 3 Azalea Gardens. The flowers should be in full bloom the first week or so of April. Middleton's garden may be the best know. Do a Google search or better search this forum.

Painter3066 wrote:
Thanks so much for the replies. We will have Five days for sight seeing which one would you spend the most time in?

Easy, Charleston

for savannah we stayed in Hilton head sc about45 min drive to savannah there are two good campgrounds in Hilton head