Ok- and as for today-
I left Roanoke and drove backroads to selma and checked out the civil rights interpretive centre!
I visited a couple sites there, and decided to head to Birmingham on the advice of the American history people there- they said there's a great civil rights museum as well as a fantastic art museum; so that's why I'm just outside Birmingham.
On my way I stopped at river and walked all the way out to the middle!
The water was so warm and it wasn't deep- this is rarely the case in Canada.
Anyway, there was an old guy fishing there and we started chatting for a while, he asked me where I was headed and I said " I don't really know"
He said " well I guess you'll know when you get there"
Truth.
Anyway, I've been enjoying chatting with and meeting all kinds of folks along the way and everyone has been so charming and nice.