Savannah with a 7-year-old

Breakfast at The Breakfast Club, Tybee

“Counter seats so he could watch them cook. Saved us twenty minutes of waiting.”

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

“Small, which is exactly right. Touch tank held him for half an hour.”

Lunch at Sting Ray's

“Outside, loud, nobody minds a kid.”

Tybee Island beach

“Low tide. The flats are the best part and he dug for two hours.”

Dinner at The Crab Shack

“Messy, loud, there is an alligator pond. He talked about it for weeks.”

Hotel Tybee

“Pool. Do not underestimate the pool.”

Forsyth Park playground

“An hour vanished. Shade and a fountain to run through.”

Savannah Belles Ferry

“Free, and a boat counts as an activity when you are seven.”

Lunch at Zunzi's

“Split one sandwich between the three of us.”

Pirates' House → Went to Leopold's instead.

“Too dark and too much for him. Went to Leopold's instead.”

Walk the squares

“He counted dogs. Thirty-one.”

Dinner at Vinnie Van GoGo's

“Cash only. A slice is the size of his head.”

Hotel Tybee

Breakfast at Clary's

“Pancakes, and it is a short walk from everything.”

Oatland Island Wildlife Center

“Wolves and a boardwalk. Better than the zoo and nearly empty.”

Lunch at Green Truck Pub

Bonaventure Cemetery

“Not a seven-year-old's afternoon. No regrets.”