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<\/a><\/p>\nI can’t get out of the south without saying something about the kudzu<\/a>. This stuff is all over the place and this house may not even be visible by the end of the summer.\u00a0 Native to Asia, it’s been called “the vine that ate the South” – and that’s not much of a stretch.<\/p>\n My last fuel stop for the day was in a town named Florala – and you guessed it, right on the Florida\/Alabama border.\u00a0 That got me thinking – how many border towns are there that share the name of the states they are next to?\u00a0 I’ve been to several; in Texarkana Main Street is the state border.\u00a0 Walk on one side of the street and you’re in Texas, the other side is Arkansas.\u00a0 Anyway – I was going to ask you how man you could come up with but someone has already figured it out.\u00a0 These border cities even have a name.\u00a0 Portmanteau<\/a> names are a linguistic blend of words and that link will take you to a list of the towns if you’re interested – many that I’ve never heard of.<\/p>\n It’s a fairly short ride from Florala to Pensacola and I decided to go ahead and bite the bullet and get on the Interstate – It was an awesome day on the back roads, but it was time to quit lollygaggin’ around and get over to my friend’s house.\u00a0 It’s time to go fishing – opening day of Red Snapper season is tomorrow!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was cold leaving Sharpsburg and I had on just about everything I own trying to stay warm.\u00a0 This is the first time I’ve had to put the cold weather gear on, and luckily I brought enough of it that … Continue reading <\/a>After many tranquil miles, I came upon the town of Tuskegee, AL<\/a>.\u00a0 Sure, I’ve heard of the Tuskegee Airmen<\/a>, they were the first squadron of black pilots (fighter and bomber) trained in the U.S. Military for service in WWII.\u00a0 But there’s lots of stuff about Tuskegee that I didn’t know.\u00a0 This area of the country is where the whole civil rights struggle took place, and this town was heavily involved.\u00a0 Tuskegee was the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on gerrymandering<\/a>.\u00a0 Back in 1957, seems they had a 28 sided “district” that excluded nearly all black residents, and included all the white residents – that’s bad, okay…..\u00a0 One of the teachers at Booker T. Washington’s Tuskegee University was George Washington Carver.\u00a0 LOTS of history here – but I kept riding.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>While I was at the gas station in Florala, I noticed a big rack of Moon Pies.\u00a0 It’s been a long time since I’ve had a Moon Pie but they shore am gud<\/strong>.\u00a0 Wonder if they have a RC Cola to go with it – that would be perfect!!\u00a0 And so, there I was – standing next to my motorcycle and finally shedding some of my cold weather gear, enjoying a true southern treat – RC Cola and a Moon Pie.<\/p>\n