No Worries

We had more time than we had first planned, so we were able to think about making some stops along the way.  How often are we driving through random places in the world with spare time?

It rained pretty much all day long, but no ice or sleet.  We listened to news reports, and Jon continued to feel sorry that we were missing all the snow fun, but I have moved on.  

We decided to stop in Atlanta and visit something, and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum seemed interesting.  We found it -- and as expected, we were practically the only ones there -- and there was a sign on the door saying they were closing in an hour.  They were closing because there was rain and snow and possible flooding predicted.  So we did a quick walk through and we were reminded of all the things we had forgotten about Jimmy Carter. All I know is he has been a hero forever, and that there must have been some reason the country elected him President, even though the country got un-enamoured after four years.  Certainly he has been a model of intellect and humanity and hard work for his entire life, and how many nuclear physicists have we had as presidents?

For lunch we went to a nearby natural foods supermarket and got some hot soup.  As we were driving out of that neighborhood, Jon noticed how interesting and funky the businesses were, so I said he should look it up and find out where we were.  We were in Little Five Points, which google told us is the bohemian capital of the Southeast.  How about that? That supermarket was getting ready to close until  Sunday morning, in anticipation of the bad weather.

We left town and headed west.  After a while Jon remembered that we were going to gain an hour, so we might have time for one more stop.  We made it to the Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery, AL one hour before closing.   There is a real pattern here, Hana and Jon arriving at empty museums one hour before closing.  We now expect there to be a tour guide just for us, and there is one almost every time.  This museum was small and told the story using all the current day museum technology - films, audio, large photos, posters, memorabilia, newspapers.  We learned lots of interesting details that would never come up in a textbook or an article.

Got to Paul and Martha's house by 7:45 or so, a bright haven in the midst of a dark and quiet landscape.  The middle of nowhere.  Dinner and talk talk talk until Jon we went to bed.  So cozy and nice here, and the conversation material is endless.