The Alabama coast continues

Thursday found us sleeping quite late. The breakfast room was almost closed when we arrived at 9:30. They had a meager selection but did have cereal which is what Evelyn wants anyway. We were out of the motel by 10 and drove out to the edge of the Mobile Bay. We found an area that had either been spared or had been rebuilt. There were many homes for sale but did not look damaged as the properties in Gulfport. We came to the Grand Hotel and spent some time looking around at the beautiful setting. It was a temperate day and we enjoyed walking around the grounds. There was a nice white beach and a large area of two swimming pools. The interior of the hotel was rich with heavy oak. The shocking thing is that the storm surge from Katrina was more than 20 feet high, covering most of the second floor. We left there and went to a small convenience store to use their microwave to heat our leftovers from last night. We still had enough that we should have shared one of the dinners and saved the other. We couldn’t do that because we had no way to keep it cool. I bought a beer and Evelyn had diet Pepsi so we had bought something for the use of the facility. I opened my beer and began my lunch when the manager came and told me it was illegal to have an open container on the premises. She said I should cover it up so I wrapped the bottle in a plastic bottle and carefully drank it. We left there and drove back to Mobile. We had considered driving to Roswell for the night, but we would have arrived too late. We decided to seek a bed and breakfast in Opelika. We went there but could not get anyone to open it up. We just left and came to a motel that was only acceptable. We moved in and went to get some hair coloring. We got it and went to a Logan’s Roadhouse for dinner. We shared a meal even though I thought we had agreed to eat a light supper after such a heavy lunch. That didn’t seem to fly too well. Cest le Gere. We returned and Evelyn colored her hair. We watched the post Republican debate show.