Alabama

See that statute, that would be Hank Williams, country singer of Montgomery Alabama - which is where I have been this week.  FYI,,  brother Mark another country song is "Your cheatin' heart" Hank sang that and many many more.  So Mark, now you know the name to two country songs.  Hank is much celebrated in Montgomery - note below.

See there is the Hank Williams museum, with life sized cardboard cut out set out front.  You know who went in.  Cost was the equivalent of 100 Chinese RMB (not going to tell you exactly how much it cost), but I paid and went in to see Hank's actual 1952 Cadillac convertible.  I paced that baby off and I think it is about 29 feet long.  Talk about one fine car !  and Hank died in it too !  of course music was being played throughout the museum.-- and I enjoyed it- especially the old films that had June Carter - now she could sing.

Below is a 2 second film of Senator Shelby of Alabama, two friends of mine from Mississippi who were at the same meeting I was, and me.  I met the good senator in a bar, yes, a bar and asked if we could have a group photo, well, I set the camera on video, not photo.  (Pure accident- the evening was young). At any rate, I felt good about diverting him from getting out and pressing more Alabama voters for votes in two weeks.

We went to a BBQ restaurant off Tallapoosa Street - I like that name - anyway the restaurant received the compliment as it was referred to us as one where it was generally believed that the banana pudding was vegetarian.  It was a good western style evening.

The traditional view out my hotel window - that is the Alabama River.  And by the way, we are getting more information on the proposed coal ash regulations from the EPA.