Today I drove 208 miles traveling from Montgomery, Alabama to Cullman, Alabama.
Twelve minute video shot mainly around the Edmund Pettus Bridge. |
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Hello folks, Today was a rather short day. I left the hotel in Montgomery at my usual 8:00. Well, it was actually 7:00 here as Alabama is on central time. But I didn't change my clocks so it was 8:00 to me. It took about an hour to get to Selma.  Selma is in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and located on the banks of the Alabama River. The city has a population of around 21,000. About 80% of that population is African-American. The city is best known for the 1960s Selma voting-rights movement and the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, beginning with "Bloody Sunday" in March 1965. The first three pictures are all of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.  The Edmund Pettus Bridge was the site of the conflict of Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965, when armed police attacked and brutally beat Civil Rights Movement demonstrators with billy clubs and tear gas as they were attempting to march to Montgomery.  Below is a picture of downtown Selma taken from the end of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.  Also in Selma is Sturdivant Hall. It is an historic Greek Revival mansion and house museum completed in 1856. It's a beautiful southern mansion. It's closed on Mondays so I couldn't go inside.  Next it was a little over ninety miles to Birmingham.  I stopped here long enough to snap a couple pictures and then went on my way. The picture below was taken from Railroad Park.  I left Birmingham on Interstate 65 which is where I'll remain for the most part until I get home. It clouded over as I left Birmingham.  I only drove 50 miles north of Birmingham to Cullman, Alabama and checked into a Holiday Inn Express. My Original schedule had me driving almost all the way to Kentucky. I could barely stay awake to Cullman.  I got my dinner from Cracker Barrel again tonight which was once again right next to the hotel. That's it for today. Tim |
During the 208 mile drive I make stops in Selma and Birmingham. The microphone on the dash cam was accidentally switched off for the entire video. |
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