Happy Mother's Day

Coker, Alabama

Weather: low 68 degrees, high 74 degrees, clear skies, winds gusting to 30 mph

Today's weather was the opposite of yesterday's, with a beautiful clear sky, low humidity, and moderate temperatures. I could stand weather like this all the time.

Today was one of those slow days, where we didn't eat lunch until 1500 hours. We went to a new restaurant in Northport named Steamer's. It specializes in seafood, and is located on the banks of the Black Warrior River, across from downtown Tuscaloosa. All of us had seafood, and it was very good. I had catfish and it was cooked the way I like it, lightly coated with corn meal. Carolyn had the fried shrimp and she said her meal was good. Terri had the fried oysters and Thomas had an oyster po' boy. The prices were very reasonable. This place is good enough that we will return.

Yesterday while I was taking pictures, I also went over to Tuscaloosa to look at some of different points of interest. Below are some pictures of downtown Tuscaloosa.

Note the tree lined islands in the middle of the street.

As seen from the pictures, Tuscaloosa is an old town, being settled in the early 1800s. At one time, it was the capitol of Alabama.

The downtown area has been worked on quite a lot over the past few years, and it has resulted in an attractive shopping and dining area. The area is alive and busy during the week, and tourism is a big deal on the weekends.

Downtown Tuscaloosa is located about a mile from the campus of the University of Alabama. Closer to the campus is a shopping area that caters to the students. This weekend was commencement for the University, and it seemed much busier than normal for a weekend. The strangest thing I saw on campus was a Hummer Limousine with at least five doors on each side and a U-Haul trailer hooked to the rear.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers.

More later, be safe.

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