Curiosities By the Side of the Road - Part One

Most of you readers know that Jill and I recently completed a road trip to the gulf coast and back.  Time behind the wheel allows for the opportunity to ponder all manner of things including road trip observations.  In no particular order are the following:          

There are no home basements in Mobile Alabama - the city was built at sea level

Much of Alabama is red dirt and pine forest            

Gas is cheaper in Alabama                   

People are universally friendly in Trump Country        

Billboards: One Call Y’all! (Personal injury lawyer Morris Bart)         

Speed limits are generally not enforced on I-65                    

Indiana has more Christian radio stations than I’ve ever scanned on the FM band                                    

The hill country of Kentucky is stunningly beautiful               

Nashville appears to be built on bedrock       

The first Waffle House sighting is evidence you have crossed the Mason Dixon Line                        

Southern cooking will slowly but surely kill you - and you will die with a smile on your face                 

Over the past half-dozen years religious folk who live in the Bible Belt (basically the Deep South) watched the most porn out of everyone in America