When my alarm went off at 0500 this morning, apparently it was not 0500. It was 0400. Montgomery, Alabama is on Central time (same as Tulsa), something I had forgotten when driving from Charlotte yesterday afternoon. This did not come to my attention until after getting out of the shower this morning, so I had a little time to read the newspaper before heading to teach.

Montgomery apparently had the privilege of not only being the capital of Alabama since 1846, but also served as the first capital of the Confederacy in February of 1861 until the Richmond, VA became the capital in May of the same year. Here in Montgomery, there is no question I am in the south. Although I listen to country radio most of the time, the accents of the DJ's very noticeably had quite a little more drawl as I got closer to Montgomery.

Driving down last night, I had not paid much attention to exactly where I was going. Granted, I knew how to get to Montgomery. The route was easy. I jumped on I-85 South. Three hundred eighty seven miles later, I exited, took two rights and was at my hotel. The interesting part was looking at where Montgomery is in proximity to the coast, Pensacola, Fl in particular.

Since leaving Pensacola after API while in the Navy, I have not been back. Reflecting now, it almost seems like another world, not only being in the Navy, but especially OCS. It is almost like a odd curiosity, wanting to go back to Pensacola, to visit OCS, to see what and how I would feel about it.

With my tight schedule on this trip, it is not going to happen this time. However, there has been some discussion of some training in Mobile, AL. If this is the case, I will most definitely have to take an afternoon or day to look around Pensacola NAS.