Montgomery Alabama - Rest day - 5/11/15

May 11, 
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Yesterday we decided to take a rest day to drive into Montgomery for some needed bike repairs. It was the closet bike shop around for many days to come. It was about 80 miles to Montgomery, so we loaded up the bikes and ourselves into the car and headed out. The journey was unremarkable.

Once to Montgomery we found the bike shop and dropped off the bikes. We then went in search of Home depot to find replacement sunglasses for the ones Roger lost. Only we forgot that he found them that morning.  Next order of business was food. We found a wonderful little bakery/cafe called Artos. They had wonderful bakery products (we partook of several samples), but settled for a lunch of sandwiches, wraps, and huge salads. 

While eating Roger and May made contact with a couple they knew by way of their Crazy Guy blog.  Dick and ? lived in Montgomery and drove down to meet with us. We spent some time swapping bike tales over lunch and snacks before Dick lead us downtown to explore some of Montgomery’s, historic civil rights locations. Montgomery was at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement. We visited the town square, where slaves were sold. We visited the Capitol, and the church where Martin Luther King was pastor, and visited a civil Rights memorial a few blocks away. It was a poignant visit.

After the tour of downtown, Dick lead us back to the roads that would lead us back to the shop. We picked up the bikes that had undergone repair and headed back out of the city to Camden. A quick stop at the Camden Piggly-Wiggly for groceries before returning to the cabin and dinner.


A memorable day. 

May and Roger 
May, Roger, and Kari
Central Bank Building 
Alabama Capitol
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Fountain in the Court Square
Slave Market 
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church

Civil Rights Memorial
Richard (Dick) and his wife

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