PLT ENTERS RESTR AIRSPACE AND CLASS C AIRSPACE WITHOUT CLRNC WHEN AVOIDING WX.

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VFR FROM FT PIERCE; FL; TO HABERSHAM COUNTY; GA (AJR); ON TOP 8500 FT. USED FLT FOLLOWING TO AVOID RESTR AREAS. FLT UNEVENTFUL TO GA/FL LINE; WHERE LINE OF SEVERE TSTMS ENCOUNTERED; EXTENDING TO NE; TOPS GROWING; SO WE WENT TO LOWER ALTS APPROX 2500-3500 FT MSL. VISIBLE RAIN SHOWERS ALONG DESIRED PATH. LOST FLT FOLLOWING DUE TO ALT. DIVERTED EASTWARD TO AVOID WX. CONTINUED NE TO SAVANNAH AREA WHERE WE LANDED. WHEN SAVANNAH APCH WAS CONTACTED; THEY SAID WE HAD VIOLATED ACTIVE RESTR AREA AND ALSO CLASS C AIRSPACE OF SAVANNAH. THERE WAS LITTLE TFC IN AREA AND NO CONFLICT WITH OTHER ACFT. WAS UNAWARE OF RESTR AREA. DID SEE ARPT AND CIRCLED AT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS OUTSIDE SPACE WHILE I LOOKED UP RADIO FREQ -- APPARENTLY MISJUDGED DISTANCE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) LINE OF SEVERE WX FORCING ME OFF INTENDED LINE OF FLT. 2) PROB OF GEAR MOTOR: LNDG GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT; OCCURRED AFTER TKOF. 3) AIR SICK PAX IN BACK SEAT. 4) UNHAPPY SPOUSE IN BACK SEAT. 5) ADDITIONAL ARPT NEAR SAVANNAH INTL. 6) STRONGLY ENCOURAGED BY PAX TO LAND DUE TO AIR SICK PAX. ALL FLT VFR.