Tom didn't have school on Monday because of the holiday so we decided to go to the Prattville parade in the morning. There were very few people out to actually see the parade where we were and as we were parked right on the street (we could have just sat in the car and watched) we got a WHOLE lotta candy tossed our way! A CHANGE IS GONNA COME was playing over the speakers and the little ones were singing "Happy Birthday Dr. King!" and it was pretty joyous all around.
After the parade we decided to go try out Prattville's oldest (same age as me) family owned
Jim's Restaurant for breakfast. It was pretty average but we were glad we had given it a go.
We went back to the apartment for some reading but needed a break early afternoon so opted to head into Montgomery for their parade. It too was pretty quiet but we parked by the Rose Parks Musem then had time to walk up the street toward the capitol to just look around. There were bigger crowds up near the capitol with Dr. King's speeches being played over loud speakers and bbq grills cookin' up goodies along the sidewalk.
This main street is called Dexter Ave. and has some great architecture but is pretty vacant except for a few businesses here and there. Hopefully it's on the upswing with some new upgrading going on. Lots of history though including the bus stop where Rosa Parks got on that bus, the area where they conducted the slave trade and the
Dexter Ave Baptist Church where MLK was minister. Being here in the South has found a new place in my heart for this holiday.
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