Mobile, Alabama

Last night we arrived in Mobile, Alabama! We drove all the way
from Louisiana, via Mississippi. We slept in a Lowes carpark again,
and this morning drove into the town. Mobile is real nice. The houses
are amazing, and people really were sitting on their front porches.
Mobile county is where To Kill a Mockingbird is set.

First Streetcar, now this. It's like GCSE English all over again.

The houses are massive and all colonial looking. Quaint yet bloody
huge. We found a little cafe and had hot chocolate and ate some super
delicious food. The sun came out and we sat outside and watched
teenagers ballroom dance in the park opposite us.

Mobile are celebrating St Patricks day today, and we have finally figured
out why we've been seeing trees drapesed in hundreds of strings of beads
as we've driven across the country.

We thought it was Mardi Gras, but no, it's St Patrick.

They went crazy for it. As we walked around the town, there was a
green-clad gathering on the square. The worst festival in the world,
I named it. It all seemed a bit lame until the parade started.

Then, it started raining sweets and toys, and thousands upon
thousands of coloured beads! It was the best thing to happen
to anybody, ever. We collected sweets off the floor like the
scummers we have become, and I weighed myself down with
beads. They'll come in useful, for sure.

We're back on the road this afternoon. We had no plans to head
into Florida, but it seems a shame to miss it as we're so close.