Today I’m leaving the woods and heading to the coast, Gulf Shores State Park.  Earlier in the week, here at Conecuh, I met Cindy and Jimmy. They live in Alabama, own a travel trailer, and camp all over the southeast.  Noting that I have a bike with me they told me I will love Gulf Shores SP because there are bike trails all over the area. So, I’m looking forward to seeing what Gulf Shores is all about.

Yesterday while heading to town to get some more ice I saw a chain gang working on the road. They weren’t actually chained together but they had the distinctive striped clothes on. There was a single guard standing outside a pickup with a rifle.

I wanted to take a picture just because this is such a novel site to us mid-Westerners. But the thought just felt inappropriate to me. During the afternoon, scenes from “Oh Brother, where art thou?” kept walking around in my head.  And the song from the scene with the Sirens. 🙂