{"id":1710,"date":"2015-09-13T10:06:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T15:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2015-09-13T10:06:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T15:06:21","slug":"day-78-rural-florida-and-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=1710","title":{"rendered":"Day 78: Rural Florida and Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had one more dip in the gulf and then unfortunately had to carry on. I do like traveling, but this was hard to leave:<\/p>\n

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The Gulf of Mexico in the Morning<\/p><\/div>\n

Almost as soon as we left the coast, the Florida panhandle got very rural very fast:<\/p>\n

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Goats?<\/p><\/div>\n

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We crossed into our 30th state, Alabama. Have a look at some graffiti on the sign:<\/p>\n

\"2015-08-24<\/a> Alabama was very, very rural as well. We were only on an interstate for about 10 minutes, and a few of the roads were more like this:\u00a0\"2015-08-24<\/a> We saw a cotton field, which neither of us had ever seen before. Alabama is known for its cotton:\"2015-08-24<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"2015-08-24<\/a><\/p>\n

The 4G signal was very rarely usable during this drive. It often dropped down to 1X, which basically means ‘no’.<\/p>\n

The only town proper we went through till reaching our hotel was Troy, which houses a university:
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Check out the video which features a very chatty woman from rural Florida:<\/p>\n