Traveling

Tallahassee, Florida

Weather: low in Coker, Alabama was 58 degrees, high in Tallahassee, Florida was 88 degrees, mostly clear skies

As planned, we left Coker this morning. By the time we had everything ready to go, it was 0915 hours, which worked well with our plan to miss the morning rush hour. Traffic was fairly light all the way to Montgomery, where it seemed like it took us an hour to get through all the traffic lights on the south side of the city. As I mentioned yesterday, we would be traveling on US 231 all the way from Montgomery to Dothan, and it seemed every time we went through one of the towns on the way, all of the lights caught us. It was especially bad going around the east side of Dothan. Eventually, we got past all of that. I don't want it to sound like we didn't enjoy being out again. It was great. When we passed the Chattahoochee River, which is the state line between Alabama and Georgia, we felt a little cheated because the time changed from central daylight time to eastern daylight time, and we lost an hour. Oh, well, we'll gain it back when we go back to Alabama.

Our route from Dothan down to Tallahassee led us through farming country. The thing that interested Carolyn most was the peanuts that were being harvested. She has a hungry on for some boiled peanuts, so I guess you know one thing I will be doing when we get to Ocala.

For about 75 miles, the roadside was dotted with cotton that had blown off truckloads of the freshly picked crop on its way to the cotton gin. Picking cotton sure is a lot easier than it was when Carolyn was growing up. I never picked any, but she did. I don't think she misses that.

We were uncertain how plentiful fuel would be because of the shortage caused by Hurricane Ike. There were no problems finding fuel, and in many places, it was cheaper than in Coker. I paid the lowest price per gallon today since April.

We are spending the night a few miles north of Tallahassee. We went to a longtime favorite bar-b-que restaurant for supper named Sonny's. They have been in Florida for about 40 years, so that says something about their staying power.

We'll drive on down to Ocala tomorrow, and expect to be there about a week. I'll try to get some pictures and relate some remembrances of our time living there almost 30 years ago.

More later, be safe.

Today's Town - Centreville, Alabama: Flowing With Opportunities

Not all who wander are lost.