Lest I digress..............

It seems I got so caught up in leaving Jen & Bill and finding Chuck's ancestors I completely skipped over some of the highlights of our stay in Augusta (technically we were camping in Hepzibah).  One day the four of us went to the Summerville District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  Since Augusta is on the Savannah River and also has surrounding marshland, prosperous Augusta merchants built summer homes on the hill west of town  to escape the heat below.  Some of the area is now part of the Augusta State University campus.  It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed seeing the different architectural styles, from an Italianate Villa to a Danish Colonial.  My favorites though are what I call "Southern Charming".

I loved these hydrangeas overgrowing the walk

Can't you see yourself on the porch in a white rocker sipping a Mint Julep?

I could so live here........