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October 1999

Alabama and Georgia

David Aaronson
2005-09-23 23:07:31

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Our trip through Alabama and Georgia on Columbus Day weekend of 1999 had two particularly prominent themes: the first was rain, the second was southern culture at its finest. A slight rarity, Trout got to accompany us on this adventure as well. We spent the first evening in Marianna, Florida where we left Trout at the hotel and went to Shoney's for a late dinner. Apparently, the entire town of Marianna did as well, or at least the entire male population, and dressed in suit & tie at that. We found that vaguely unusual, but no more so than the fact the waitresses at this particular Shoney's were not permitted to carry straws around with them because they made the place look 'like a truckstop'. I suppose I should mention that it was not raining at this point. Nor was it raining the next morning when we drove into Alabama where Trout posed for this picture. Shortly after this, we discovered Dothan is perhaps one of the ugliest cities on the entire planet. If anyone happens to be reading this from Dothan, our condolences.

It started raining as we approached Montgomery and became exponentially harder over the next few minutes until we weren't sure we'd be able to take a picture of the capitol at all. It let up long enough for a quick jaunt out of the car, though the contrast is terrible. We began driving up to the national forest which was our original camping destination, but as it continued to pour, we eventually decided there was simply no way camping would be enjoyable that evening. So instead, we turned towards the Georgia border and a closer state park.

The only thing you can pick up on FM radio on a Saturday afternoon in southern Alabama is the Auburn football game, so we were painfully aware that the football game was ending thus our only objective in reaching Chewacla State Park was to avoid downtown Auburn. Naturally, we got lost, and ran right directly into the stadium. We were then forcibly ...

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