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Selma, Yikes.
... just looks back at me and shakes his head slightly. Today he surprised me by asking me "what's the matter, did you think you thaw a puddy tat?" We may have been in Selma a time or two before and from what I'm told, I have been known to occassionally recycle jokes...
Tuskegee was a very interesting stop. The original hanger and flight tower are still in place and you go inside the hanger to get your ...
NASA space and Rocket Centre, Huntsville, Alabama
One of the best things about a road trip is being able to stop along the way when you something catches your eye. As we were driving through Alabama, we spotted the NASA space center. It looked interesting so we stopped for a few hours to have a look around the museum and space centre, and learned all about the NASA program for exploration on the moon.
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AK 47 photos
Well we just had a couple of interesting days with a fire fighter from Meridian. It seems like Mississippi was full of slightly quirky guys who lived in run down houses and have an unhealthy obsession with guns. This guy had a collection of WW2 Japanese rifles, as well as revolvers and pistols. I'll try to upload photos with this link.
We are now back on the history trail, ...
The 1st of many 1st's....... by HJ
... our dads and then we started crying!!!)
4) Drove through three states (Florida, Georgie and Alabama) in one day, changed time zones and actually went back in time by gaining an hour
5) Drank a starbucks coffee in Alabama
6) Made some friends in Alabama
...So today we have driven 650miles and we feel like rock stars!!!!
Leaving Florida was far easier than getting to into it... honestly, four wrong turns and we ended up in downtown Ghetto very nearly ...
The swing of things
... happy because people appear to understand me when I speak to them in Arabic. All this time the learning process has been painful at best; yet I find myself understanding and being understood. Simple stuff mind you, don't think we're talking politics here, but I can get what I want, and answer the usual routine of questions. "Single" "from Canada" "Chef" "I love it". A simple pleasure in life; speaking to locals in their native tongue. In these parts ...
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