Birmingham, AL

Its now Monday, and we are in Birmingham, AL.  Traveled here from Sweetwater, TN, with plans to get to the Civil Rights Museum in town on the way down, but Tom Lent texted me and made suggested of where to go.  So we stopped at the Barber Motorsports Parkway in Leeds, AL.  It was a great suggestion.  Really great if you were into motorcycles, but still interesting for us.  There's a racetrack there, where I suppose we could have raced a Porsche, but didn't.  Just wandered amongst a couple thousand motorcycles, including some from the 1800s.  It was a great choice, Tom, thanks. 
So we didn't get to the museum yesterday so went today.  Another good move.  We were there as it first opened.  Glad we stopped.  Living all of lives in the north, we really didn't see much of the Civil Rights movement, except on television.   Just much of it took place during our lives.  It was interesting to see the events, the dates, and remembering where we were at that time. 
Brian, I have pics of alot of Indian cycles, yours is rare!! I looked for my old 1970 Honda 70 but no luck.  It is hard to explain just how much there is to see at Barber, it's a must do for all cycle and race enthusiasts!!   
Thought you folks might like to know that i spoke with a few guides at the CR museum and they actually understook Yankee(or Maineze as Linda calls it). 
Tomorrow we are headed to New Orleans, or N'orlens, as I think they call it.  We are staying on Lake Pontchartrain.  We plan on being there for til Saturday, so if anyone has some suggestions of what we need to do or see, let us know.  Jeff Allen has already told us that we need to go to Pat O'Briens and have a Hurricane.  Sounds like a great plan.  We have talked about taking a tour of the city, just to get a lay of the land.  We are on the bus route, so that will be helpful. 
Weather is getting warmer, I have my sandals on, and it feels good.  There's a 16 acre lake here, so we walked around it-not very far, but there's a bunch of Canadian geese there.  Not sure if they are headed south or headed north.  Its a nice area, just passing through.
Talk to you later-