Me and The Boy are Alabama bound but...we are not going to fetch our woman. She will be here at the house enjoying a few days without her mens. That's what she claims anyhow...we know better.
What woman really wants time to herself?
So while she's being miserable without us...me and The Boy and Daddy will be in Birmingham to watch the Gators play East Carolina. Despite another abysmal season the Gators managed to get an invite to a bowl...the glamorous Birmingham Bowl.
Alarms are set for 5am...we will be on the road by six. We'll be flying through Meridian by 7:00. You know Meridian Mississippi....ruthlessly brunt to the ground by the Yankees...home of Jimmy Rodgers.
Then on past Cuba...Livingston...Eutaw...to Tuscaloosa where we will be stopping to visit Bryant Denny Stadium . I may have over sold that stop...as The Boy asked me about throwing the ball on the actual field.
Birmingham is next...and it's Art Museum which I can tell he's underestimating. Once he gets a look at a full suit of Samurai armor...we'll be fine. Besides the next stop is Full Moon ...so, even if he doesn't dig Ida Kolmeyer...
I know he'll dig the ribs.*
Just because...Knebworth**
* I know you rabbits don't care but trust me on this one....
**Skynyrd, of course, is not from Alabama but from the Jacksonville Fl. area...where my brother lives...where my Moma grew up...Gator territory.
Somehow Martha will endure no doubt . . . though your trip sounds awesome.
ReplyDeleteOur car is close to crapping out, which is pretty good timing considering the punishment it's taken over the last four years. Yesterday the F-word came to me and told me he didn't think we could manage any more road trips in the 1.5 months we've got left here . . . he told me that while I was booking a houseboat for us and my brother for a weekend in Amsterdam . . . somehow I held back the tears.
But how will she know what to do with herself without me and the boy here to make demands?
DeleteI guess she can spend the days working on her fretting and handwringing.
ReplyDeleteHave a great trip Erik. I trust you've packed the camera?
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteI'm never without it.
Yes, have a great trip, Erik and I look forward to some pics, talking of which I love the Kolmeyer, and the new blog header - wonderful. This rabbit would also like to hear more about the Art Museum and places with lovely names but I hope you'll forgive me if I have to speed-read the bits about football and ribs...
ReplyDeleteThere probably won't be much to talk about with the football...and it's rainy and dreary.
DeleteI'm glad you like it.,.i forgot to get a picture of the artists name and I've forgotten it. I'll have to find it.
We're now between Brighton and Leeds in Birmingham.
Hope your team whips up a storm, Erik. Enjoy. Great music, of course.
ReplyDeleteThanK you sir.
DeleteWe somehow booked a room that turned out to headquarters for the opposing teams fans. East Carolina Pirates. Pirate flags everywhere but at least they aren't dressed like pirates.
The Gators are whippin em like a rented mule.
DeleteI am discovering that there's a bot more to Lynyrd Skynyrd than Freebird and Sweet Home Alabama. And you can just not go wrong with Jimmie Rodgers. I've just relistened to Jimmie Rodgers, what a QUALITY opening line
ReplyDeleteThey might be the most underrated band ever.
DeleteSpeaking of bands...we are sitting right behind the Gator band dorks.