I am always amazed at how much we can see and do in such a short time.

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The first stop is always Cameli's Gourmet Pizza Joint, where I have my usual Calzone filled with sausage, cheese, mushrooms and green peppers and topped with their special tomato sauce.

The menu has many other choices, but I always have the same thing because I can't get it anywhere else.

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A lot of what we do centers on birthdays, so while there Alex, who turned 8 in January, and I put together the crystal radio set we gave him for his birthday. Got it to work on the first try.

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The trip to Savannah was on interstate all the way. Anyone who thinks driving through western Kansas is boring should drive through Georgia. All you can see is trees, mile after mile. I spotted a plume of smoke in the distance, but couldn't see anything for the trees.

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We had some lunch at one of the pubs in the Savannah historic district. Then we took off on foot to see the sights. Louie was trailing at the back of the pack when I heard him say, "Are we just going to walk around until we get hungry again?"

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The second day in Savannah, we took a trolley tour of the town, then headed to the beach on Tybee Island.

We stopped for lunch at a place called the Crab Shack overlooking tidewater. The place featured alligators and exotic birds. To see, not to eat.

Here was our chance to have some seafood and the boys wanted a hot dog and pizza.

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Next was the Atlantic Ocean beach, which featured nice white sand, sunshine and wind that was on the cool side.

Since it was spring break, I'd guess several thousand people of all shapes and sizes were making a day of it.

As I looked around, I got the feeling I may have been the least tanned guy there without a tattoo.

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With each flight we take on Airtran, I receive a set of earphones. You might say I now have headphones coming out of my ears.

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Grout. Have you ever stopped to think about how much grout there is in the world? I would guess there are millions of miles of it. Each 4-inch tile has a foot of the stuff around it. Do the math.

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Louie had ditched the training wheels on his bike the week before we got there. His confidence level increased by leaps and bounds.

By the second day he was riding with his feet up on the handle bars and trying to do wheelies and jumping off curbs.