The drive to mobile was studded with beautiful homes, parks and fancy stores all along the coast of mobile bay. It was not the Alabama we had pictured. We had been saving our dining budget for a true southern experience and we found it at the oyster house. We went hungry and stuffed ourselves with gator, shrimp, flounder, grits and slaw, then topped it off with better than Florida keys key lime pie. Just what we were looking for.
Still surprised at mobile's prosperity, we were in route to a thrift store ( because they are always good in "upper" areas) while making our way to Mississippi. Suddenly we found ourselves in a not so nice area, but continued to the thrift store anyway. Well, it ended up being more of a culture experience than a shopping experience. The thrift store was part of a drug rehab center. It was hard and good to.see. We continued on and saw very hard times in Alabama. Later we were told we had been in an area known as 8 mile, which is the poorest community in Alabama. good discussion followed.
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