Dothan, Alabama

Tuesday evening and we are at the Flying J in Dothan. Alabama.   Interesting meals
Last night I ordered a skewer of shrimp over a bed of rice pilaf. I got two skewers of shrimp.   Good deal.  This was in KY.
Tonight I ordered the same thing and Ernie ordered the same also.  We only got one skewer of shrimp.  OK  that is what the menu said.   But we did not get any rice.

Go figure.   It was good and we had a good salad and corn to go with the meal so it was ok.   We did tell the waitress and she was going to tell the cook.   So which one was wrong which night?

A long day today.  Ernie started driving (we got up Indiana time) and we were on the road by 7:30.  that is 6:30 CST which is what we are on now.  Except for our watches.
We were in the beginning of the Nashville rush hour traffic.  While bad, it looked worse coming North when we got thru Nashville.  Then I took over and drove to half way between Birmingham and Montgomery.  Nice, easy driving.  Felt pretty good
Then Ernie took over after lunch and drove to Dothan    mostly in the rain.  He had the not so great driving today.  And was worn out.  Just too long of a day.  for us   and after his surgery. 
Had a 10 minute stop in Troy, Al.  They were working on the stop light.  I thought the man was going to crawl into the yellow caution light.  He opened it up and really stuck his face into it.  Could not get it right and so they made him put down the "cherry picker" and let the long line of cars through.  2/3 miles of backed up traffic. 

Talked with a lady from near Fargo, North Dakota. at a rest stop.   I ask why they did not just go south.  She like flowers, Arizona is too brown and together we said, Texas is windy.
They had a looonng 5th wheel.  We like our motor home.  The people in the rest stop were having lunch.  Smelled of old cabbage.  So I ask what they were eating.  The door was open and the man was sitting there eating.  red beans in ice.  Doesn't that sound good.   No, it did not too me.  The aroma was strong.  Oh, he also had collard greens and carrots.   No thanks.  Friendly.

Tonight in the restaurant there was a gentleman with a shirt on that was more like a short kimono.  Figures on the back may have been Oriental.  And on one sleeve a black cuff with writing,  something and then America.  He sat very proper (not hunched over, etc,) and ate properly.  ok  ok   His manners were very good.  Almost out of place at Denny's.  Although good manners are proper anywhere.

And I am rattling on---- time to stop.   Have a good day.

JKc