So the last few days have been a blur, as usual, and we've landed for a mini-sit down in Valdosta, GA so I thought I'd drop a line! Since I last posted we've performed in Montgomery, AL and Niceville, FL, both very wonderful places and with a little bit of history at that. The theatre we performed at in Montgomery was actually directly across the street from where Rosa Parks was arrested on the bus, kicking off the entire civil rights movement. There was a sign commemorating the spot, as well as a library on that block now, though I thought there'd be a little more to see than a sign. But here's the pictures of Montgomery's theatre, which was cool because it used to be an old movie house:
Our hotel room in Montgomery was easily the nicest we've had so far, it was a Wyndham hotel with memory foam beds and excellent decor, I'll include a picture.
These beds were deceiving because they looked soft and fluffy and so my roommate did a running belly flop on it, only the have the wind knocked out of her by the memory foam. There's very little instant give with those mattresses.
After Montgomery we headed to Niceville, FL, a sunny little marina town with a nice view of a Taco Bell. This is what was on the website of the hotel:
This Niceville, FL hotel is the perfect location for government contractors, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) School, military training and Duke Field guests.
There was a marina right up the road, with a huge boat house and great view of the water:
As you can see by our dressing room, the theatre was pretty nice. It was in Northwest Florida State College's PAC that must be pretty new because everything still smelled clean. At least the girls' dressing room did.
Here's the Mattie Kelly PAC in Niceville:
And tonight we're in Valdosta, before returning to Florida tomorrow. On the way here we stopped at a Flying J for lunch, at which I scored some free bungee cords! I was going to buy two to keep my behind-the-seat organizer from swinging so freely from the seat in front of me and as I looked them over a trucker came up to me and said "You're not gonna buy those are you?" "Yes." "Well don't buy those, I've got a ton of em in my truck, I'll go get you some." and I told him what size and he went and got me two brand new bungee cords that are now keeping my behind-the-seat organizer from swinging. That's some amazing karma and I want you to know trucker man that I'll pay it forward! At that same truck stop my friend had a coupon for a "build your own grand slam" and he did, but he also wanted pancakes. When he asked for them our waitress, Margie, said, "Now I can slam it up for ya but yer gonna hafta pay that 99 cents." Later she told us a story about how she punched her son when he said "shutup" to her. He said it twice and she knocked him out cold, her daughter ran over and said "you killed him!" She told her, "if he wakes up, tell him I will if he talks like that to me again." That's a girl!
And who would have known that in a small town Florida Flying J I'd get some free stuff and a great Denny's experience? I didn't.
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