October 26 - Montgomery, AL

We're learning that some of our friends can be very spontaneous! Which is a very, very, very good thing for often homesick Manitobans... About a week before the 26th, Loretta emailed to see if we could meet up, since her and Henry were going to be in "the area" - which basically meant the southeast portion of the States. Since their flight back to Winnipeg was out of Atlanta, we met halfway between Atlanta and Pensacola in Montgomery, Alabama to spend the day with them.

The problem was, what the heck do you do in Montgomery? Even people we asked who lived there or knew people who lived there didn't have any suggestions, so thanks to Google, we found a few things. To eat, we had lunch at Moe's Southwest Grill and supper at The Bonefish Grill (both excellent chain restaurants if you feel you need to play it safe). And between food, we spent three hours walking around Fort Tulouse/Fort Jackson, which is a historic site just north of Montgomery...beautiful. The day was beautiful, the trees were beautiful, the company was great and we even got to see an armadillo scurry across our path. Cory scurried after it, but that didn't amount to much.

Us.

Some hut with bamboo floors.

Henry and Loretta.

Bad hair day.

Loretta & Henry walking towards the river.