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The 1st of many 1st's....... by HJ
... for even daring to dock on homeboys plot of land but this morning we were far more confident.
We are now in Montgomery Alabama and I cant believe how beautiful it is here!!! It's everything I thought it would be... hot, sweet and very southern... but whats surprised me the most is just how at home I feel here... and how safe it actually is!
Anyway... We are now in bed, resting for the drive to Nashville and Kings of Leon home town tomorrow!!
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Following the Civil Rights march
... scenic, past cotton fields, dilapidated trailer parks, plantation houses and even a hillbilly mall. Eventually we got to Montgomery then followed the historic Selma to Montgomery marches which were protesting about ...
Surviving the Gauntlet
... a fried green tomato), or even eating somewhere famous (Geno’s in Philly or Katz’s Deli in NYC), or even someplace notorious (I once had Thanksgiving dinner at the Watergate Hotel in D.C.). But sometimes I am given to trying a place simply for their sign out front. I am particularly captivated by old neon signs (I love the tipping martini glass ones), and as I drove up Broad Street last night I saw one ...
So much has changed, but so much hasn't....
... of the Selma to Montgomery march. And the disparate conditions that were prevalent then are still alive and well today. So much has changed, but in the end, still so much hasn't.
Second - the National Voting Rights Institute in Selma. If you haven't been, you must go. They've been open since 1993. Among their collections are the Alabama State Troopers surveillance photos of the marches, as well as cast footprints and stories of those the museum ...
A Day on the Farm
Believe it or not, there are 54 Championship Holes at the Capitol Hill Golf Course in Prattville, AL that are part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. Jerry took the opportunity to get in a round of golf and was amazed at the beauty and pristinely maintained course.
While Jerry was hitting a small ball around Prattville, Alex & I spent some time in the pool to cool off. Bella used to jump into the pool to me when she was a puppy, but I couldn't ...


