We drove 4 and a half hours and spent the night in Montgomery, AL. The next morning we headed downtown to get coffee & breakfast and stumbled upon a Rosa Parks historical landmark. She worked in one of the buildings in that area when it was a department store. It was on the corner of that street where she famously boarded the bus and refused to sit at the back of the bus because as she said, she “was tired.” I’m sure that meant both physically and mentally/emotionally because of the unfair treatment of people of color at that time. I’ve always admired her heart and her courage. I was so happy to have been able to have that experience.
I got coffee at Prevail Union and although they didn’t have it on the menu, they were able to make me an expresso tonic w/raspberry. It was so good! We had brunch at Catawba House. It was down-home country cookin’ which Jimbo really enjoyed. They were really understaffed and the owner said it’s because she just can’t get people to show up for work because they’re still collecting COVID unemployment. It’s like that all over the country. Crazy!