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| At the Irish Bred Pub - Montgomery, AL |
We didn't think we'd ever get on the road! Our plans were to leave Raleigh on 2/18. Unfortunately it had been very wet, with rain and snow coming every few days. On Feb. 14 we decided to pull the trailer out of the backyard and start loading it. Jack promptly got mired in the mud in the backyard, so I was put on the tractor to pull the truck AND the trailer out. No dice. I had Jack eating mud when the tractor tires were spinning and no one was moving. We even tried putting a box fan in the backyard blowing air onto the ruts to dry them out....then it rained again! Finally the next Friday we managed to get both truck and trailer onto the driveway. It's a good thing we did, as Saturday it rained again! We finally left Raleigh on Wednesday, February 26.
Our first night was spent in the Anderson/Lake Hartwell KOA. It was a nice campground with lots of possibilities for future sightseeing trips to the area! Thursday we drove to Clanton AL on I-65 and we are scheduled to be here at least until Monday, March 4. There's tons to see in the Montgomery area! Today we started out at the Visitor's Center where we took a 40 minute tour of the historic area and our guide pointed out places of interest -- both Civil Rights and Civil War as well as museums of some famous people--Hank Williams and F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald .
We had lunch at the Irish Bred Pub and thoroughly enjoyed a fish sandwich and fries. The Pub has only been open for two weeks, but it appears to be extremely popular. From there it was a short walk to the Rosa Parks Library and Museum where we saw videos of her arrest and learned more about the bus boycott which took place in Montgomery. From there we headed to the Hank Williams Museum and were amazed at all the memorabilia that was exhibited. I learned so much about Hank! I had always heard that he died because of a car accident involving alcohol. Nope, there was no accident, he was dead at the age of 29 from heart failure in the back seat of his 1952 baby blue Cadillac convertible. By the time we left the museum it was after 4 p.m. and so we headed back to the campground.
According to the weather report, we may see snow when we wake up in the morning! YIKES!
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