We have a big trip planned for this summer, so we decided to use our Spring trip to Texas to see our oldest Grandson for his birthday as sort of a shake down trip to test our the RV and our memories. You would be surprised what you can forget in six months. Our trip is going to be about two weeks long and takes a different route to Texas rather than I-10.
We left home on Monday morning and drove all day to our first stop outside Montgomery, Alabama. The trip was uneventful and I was amazed what we retained as far as packing everything, securing things so they didn’t shake loose, and setting up without any mishaps. Although if you see Jim after we get back, ask him about almost making a HUGE mistake by forgetting one important step that we corrected before we got out of our development gate.
I asked Jim what we were going to see in Montgomery and he had no idea but some Alabama natives we asked simply said, “nothing”. Montgomery is the capital of Alabama with all the State offices you would expect to see, but when we went into the downtown area we didn’t see very many people. It was only at the Capitol Building we saw a large crowd of young people and found out it was Community College Day in Montgomery and bus loads of students from all the of those colleges were gathering.
Union Station in Montgomery – Old train station now welcome/visitors center
We had bad Mexican food at a restaurant named “Jalapeno’s” and saw the Dexter Avenue church where Martin Luther King preached. One last stop was the Confederate White House and then off to the Montgomery Zoo.
Church were Martin Luther King Preached
First Confederate White House
According to the activity app on my phone, we walked over 16,000 steps and burned lots of extra calories. We also accomplished part of our objective and found out the antenna for the TV is not working. First item on the “Get Fixed” list before we leave in June.
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