Friday, May 23, 2008
Wednesday - I stayed in Newnan a couple days, which was fine because Tuesday it poured down rain. So when in Georgia where do you go? To the Gulf of Mexico of course. I decided I'd head toward Mobile Alabama.
Ever heard of the Tuskegee Airmen. I had so I decided to stop there and take a look around. The only thing better than a good war movie is a Clint Eastwood western.
This is where the military trained the first black pilots. They thought that they would prove that the black pilots couldn't physically and mentally have what it takes to be good pilots. They of course were proved wrong.
This is a painting of Daniel, James who was the first 4 star black general.
After leaving there I decided that I would get my bike through the edge of Florida while I was near it. Here is a shot coming back into Alabama. There wasn't much to look at down here wile riding and the sun was blazing!! It hit 95 my temp gauge said.
Ever not have enough time for Ice Cream? Me either, so I stopped at this place.
Mmmm
I'm convinced after visiting that place that ice cream is to old people like a light at night is to bugs. They were everywhere. I couldn't find a place to even sit outside because the blue hairs had the place locked down.
Some of the gas stations were selling "Alligator Ice". I'm guessing it's just a green slushy.
Off the highway I was looking for a place to crash and following the GPS's instructions as to where it shows a camping spot. The roads around here all look like this. Pines, but I did get to see some palms in some areas.
I was about 45 minutes outside of Mobile and this stupid GPS lead me to what looked like a swamp with some huts build along the side of it. There sure as hell was no camping there. I ended up having to offroad down this road and do a U-turn after passing a NO TRESPASSING sign and coming under the glare of some very unpleasant looking swamp rat guy.
I decided to head closer to Mobile in hopes that the KOA campsite my GPS was showing would pan out.
Big long bridge heading into Mobile County crossing some rivers flowing into the Bay and then Gulf.
The GPS pulled it off on the third try. I pulled into the KOA campground and noticed though that there were no other tents and then I saw this sign. Is that the reason there are no people in tents.
Well, the attendant was already gone so I setup camp and crossed my fingers that I wouldn't become gator food.
I was going to get a drink of water, but I had to get in line.
The whole time I kept looking over my shoulder for ninja gators.
Right when I pulled in and started setting up camp I met a couple guys and starting chatting with them. Turned out they were state cops and were part of the drug task force. There "job" from April to September is to travel around to different counties camping and staying in hotels and go out and destroy Marijuana fields that are spotted for them by a police helicopter. They had a trailer with a couple big 4x4 atv's on it. They spend most of the day riding the atv's destroying fields and arresting people if it's on their land. They were really cool and we exchanged some riding stories because they used to ride often. They gave me a shirt and hat that say "Alabama Marijuana Eradication" haha. They also gave me a couple bottles of water because I was running low and tossed me an apple. One thing that I thought was interesting was that I told them that I went to Tuskegee and they said that there used to be a Walmart there and that it was the only one that ever closed and it closed because the employee theft was so incredible that they couldn't keep it open. I don't know if it's the only one that ever closed or just the only one closed because of theft, but either way that's a LOT of stealing to shut a Walmart down.
The noises were insane that night. Bullfrogs, tree frogs, unfamiliar birds, things I don't know what they were, and some stupid little lap dog kept barking probably scared to death that his owners put him outside there. I sorta wished that an alligator would eat him after awhile.
Ever heard of the Tuskegee Airmen. I had so I decided to stop there and take a look around. The only thing better than a good war movie is a Clint Eastwood western.
This is where the military trained the first black pilots. They thought that they would prove that the black pilots couldn't physically and mentally have what it takes to be good pilots. They of course were proved wrong.
This is a painting of Daniel, James who was the first 4 star black general.
After leaving there I decided that I would get my bike through the edge of Florida while I was near it. Here is a shot coming back into Alabama. There wasn't much to look at down here wile riding and the sun was blazing!! It hit 95 my temp gauge said.
Ever not have enough time for Ice Cream? Me either, so I stopped at this place.
Mmmm
I'm convinced after visiting that place that ice cream is to old people like a light at night is to bugs. They were everywhere. I couldn't find a place to even sit outside because the blue hairs had the place locked down.
Some of the gas stations were selling "Alligator Ice". I'm guessing it's just a green slushy.
Off the highway I was looking for a place to crash and following the GPS's instructions as to where it shows a camping spot. The roads around here all look like this. Pines, but I did get to see some palms in some areas.
I was about 45 minutes outside of Mobile and this stupid GPS lead me to what looked like a swamp with some huts build along the side of it. There sure as hell was no camping there. I ended up having to offroad down this road and do a U-turn after passing a NO TRESPASSING sign and coming under the glare of some very unpleasant looking swamp rat guy.
I decided to head closer to Mobile in hopes that the KOA campsite my GPS was showing would pan out.
Big long bridge heading into Mobile County crossing some rivers flowing into the Bay and then Gulf.
The GPS pulled it off on the third try. I pulled into the KOA campground and noticed though that there were no other tents and then I saw this sign. Is that the reason there are no people in tents.
Well, the attendant was already gone so I setup camp and crossed my fingers that I wouldn't become gator food.
I was going to get a drink of water, but I had to get in line.
The whole time I kept looking over my shoulder for ninja gators.
Right when I pulled in and started setting up camp I met a couple guys and starting chatting with them. Turned out they were state cops and were part of the drug task force. There "job" from April to September is to travel around to different counties camping and staying in hotels and go out and destroy Marijuana fields that are spotted for them by a police helicopter. They had a trailer with a couple big 4x4 atv's on it. They spend most of the day riding the atv's destroying fields and arresting people if it's on their land. They were really cool and we exchanged some riding stories because they used to ride often. They gave me a shirt and hat that say "Alabama Marijuana Eradication" haha. They also gave me a couple bottles of water because I was running low and tossed me an apple. One thing that I thought was interesting was that I told them that I went to Tuskegee and they said that there used to be a Walmart there and that it was the only one that ever closed and it closed because the employee theft was so incredible that they couldn't keep it open. I don't know if it's the only one that ever closed or just the only one closed because of theft, but either way that's a LOT of stealing to shut a Walmart down.
The noises were insane that night. Bullfrogs, tree frogs, unfamiliar birds, things I don't know what they were, and some stupid little lap dog kept barking probably scared to death that his owners put him outside there. I sorta wished that an alligator would eat him after awhile.
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Sounds like a really exciting trip. I especially appreciated the mini history lessons and accompanying pics! Nice report!
Sharon
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