Update 4/1
Day #40
Today: Demopolis, AL, to Selma, AL (48 miles)
Total miles: 2198
Tomorrow (plan): Montgomery, AL
We departed Demopolis at 9:00 AM under threatening skies, but again no rain. US 80 is fairly flat in this area, so we made good time even though the road leaves a lot to be desired. As we pulled into Uniontown to look for a place to eat, we asked someone at a convenience store if there was a restaurant in town, and they directed us to what they said was the only one in town. On our way to the restaurant, we noticed the public library in the center of town and decided to make a stop there after lunch. When we stepped inside the restaurant and saw the line waiting to be served, we probably should have returned to the convenience store for a cold sandwich, but we decided to stay. The food turned out to be good, but I'm not convinced it was worth the long wait. At the library after lunch, we updated our journal entries for the past three or four days and got on our way toward Selma. We arrived in Selma at 5:00 PM and were met by our good friends Jim and Clara Hill who live in the Huntsville, AL, area. They were on their way to Tyler, TX, for Jim's 55th high school reunion, and they had offered to meet us in Selma and host us at a local motel for the evening. Now, are those good friends, or not? Jim and I are West Point classmates, both from Tyler, and took our entrance exams at the same time back in 1955. We were also stationed together a couple of times during our Army careers. Clara had found a wonderful restaurant in the Selma area where we had delicious food and great conversation, recalling the past good times we have had together. We thought we were going to have a late-night soak in the sauna, but it turned out that the water was only lukewarm, so we sat around talking a little longer before retiring for the evening. Before going to sleep, we watched the weather forecast and saw that severe weather was predicted for the area later in the afternoon tomorrow, leading us to decide that we would try to depart a little earlier in the morning.