Montgomery, Alabama 9-30

We are in Montgomery, Alabama. It is the state capital and the scene of many historical events. We drove all of 71 miles from Opelika on Thursday. Whew, tough day.

The RV Park is off the freeway, but you can’t see it because of lots of trees. It is also behind just about every fast food restaurant you can think of…cruel and unusual punishment! The sites are large and spacious and the park is mostly empty. The weather has been perfect. We are staying until tomorrow, when we’ll be heading into Mississippi.

When we got here on Thursday it was still early and we hemmed and hawed about going downtown to do some sight seeing. But we just decided to hang at home, do laundry and lots of nothing. It was a good decision because around one a Police Officer was shot during a traffic stop downtown and I suspect we would have been stuck down there for a long time. They had to hunt for the suspect. He turned up in Georgia yesterday. The Officer is in critical condition, they say his spinal cord was severed. A lot has changed in 40 years. When my father was slain it was front page, headline news and now you only hear about a cop being shot locally. Sad.

So yesterday we went to downtown Montgomery. We went to the Capital Building. It has been beautifully restored and has a beautiful double staircase and the dome is stunning. At the top of the outside steps are where Jefferson Davis was sworn in as the President of the Confederacy and where the historic Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ended. The trompe l’oeil painting that has been done inside on the ceilings and walls was really nice and looking up at the dome was like looking into a kaleidoscope. The details were stunning.

Then we went over to the First White House of the Confederacy (Larry says the only one) that Jefferson Davis and his family lived in. It had been moved several blocks from its original location. It was a beautiful home with lots of period pieces and pieces that the Davis family actually owned and used. Its plaster is cracking and starting to fall off. I don’t know if they are going to restore or just preserve.

Today we are just kicking back again. I did some laundry and am catching up on my blog. Love this sunshine!

I've been two days trying to get this posted. It wouldn't let me put any more pictures on so I'll have to put the ones I took of the Davis house in another post! Hopefully!