Southern storms. They sure are powerful. The first storm attacked us at Mardi Gras world. What a cool place! You can experience all the floats and such without being in the crowds. Tons of neat floats that are huge and you can even watch the artists working on next years floats. Upon leaving New Orleans for the day we planned to take hwy 90 over to Mississippi and drive along the coast. We found out near Biloxi that the ocean had been overtaking Hwy 90 for most of the morning. There was a ton of sand and water all over the road and some portions were closed. Scary to drive in but Biloxi was beautiful. So many big southern houses...all on stilts for obvious reasons. We were able to see the new bridge that was constructed after hurricane Katrina. Interesting to see some of the destruction is still there after so many years.
Alabama came next with more storms and more scary rain. In Mobile there is a cool tunnel that goes underneath the bay that we got to drive through. Pretty neat to be under the ocean in a car. We left Mobile on a small scenic highway to try and make our destination for the night along the Florida border. While stopped for gas I noticed that the black cloud above us was making some weird swirling motions and sucking other clouds into in. No one else in the car wanted to believe me, but it was there....we kept driving for a few miles only to meet a wall of water shooting out of the clouds that was creating an instant river on the road. I was done. We turned around in the middle of the road and found a hotel for the night. A quaint little cabin room in a small town. We were directed towards a local restaurant where we sat next to the best "Alabama" family ever. The 10 year old boy was priceless. All the following quotes were overhead coming from him in a thick southern accent.
"Listen Ya ll...this here's how rednecks do it."
"I don't wanna work out here with you women. I need to work in the back with the men."
"Have Ya ll tried that Fiji water? It comes from the center of the earth. Drips right off a glacier."
Funny little guy. Definately a small town in Alabama. So far the best state.
Signing off - Traveling Mama
Sounds like you guys are having fun despite the bad weather. I had no idea that there was a glacier in Fiji, that's awesome! I like the voodoo dolls, the one on the left sorta resembles me!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute pic of Bec! Scary dolls! And yes the thunderstorms are crazy! Glad you listened to yourself bout that cloud!
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