"Roll Tide" Traffic and other annoyances....

We had been warned, "Don't even think about driving to the Art Show before the Alabama vs. Tennessee game!".

But, we didn't listen.

After all, the game didn't start until 11:30 and we were going to hit the road at 8:15 a.m.

Boy, were we wrong.

I couldn't believe it. 8:15 in the morning and the traffic heading towards Tuscaloosa was already bumper to bumper. What were these people thinking?

The majority of the cars had their Alabama (or for a few brave souls, Tennessee) flags flapping in the wind, hanging from their car windows. The way that they were driving, it seemed obvious that the "celebrating" had already begun!

I almost did my University of Florida "gator" sign....but, decided against it at the last minute.

So, here we were, three girls en route to the "Kentuck Art Show" right in the vicinity of Tuscaloosa, Al. or "Roll Tide Country"!

What should have been less than a 45 minute drive turned out to be over an hour and a half.

The Art Show was great and we enjoyed browsing through each artist's booth. None of us bought anything with the exception of kettle corn!! You haven't lived until you have had homemade kettle corn. It is popped in a huge kettle right before your eyes and it comes out a little sweet and a little salty. Mmmmmmm.

I said that I was buying the large bag for Dave...and that was my intention....but after a while, it became more like a small bag. I figured that he wouldn't know the difference as I carried the remains home to him.

The driving saga wasn't over as we headed back to Bham. There were "detour" signs all over and we just kept on following them to get back out to the expressway. Well, several wrong decisions later and we found ourselves getting a "tour" of the areas farms as well as having to pay a toll at one point. We weren't sure exactly what this toll was for...but we paid it and went on our way.

Miles later we still hadn't found the expressway. Obviously, this wasn't the right way to go.

The good news: we did finally make it home. The bad news: I ate more of the Kettle corn.

All I could think about was: "Is the Mercury retrograde still haunting me??? "

I will find out tomorrow as I head to the casino with my friend and her mom to seek our riches....

...back Tuesday. : )