Day 4: October 28, 2023 CocaCoca-ColaCola Comment via blog Check Granny's letters of the day

I spotted this on the way to the motel last night and couldn't resist a closer look this morning. The fellow in the background of that last picture came up to me as I looked over the car and, despite me immediately letting him know I was not a legitimate customer, we had a really nice chat. I learned that his name is Blue Jay and he has other cars off-site including another 1957 Nomad and a '55 Nomad too. He also showed me photos on his phone of a 1957 El Camino he said was one of seven prototypes built for an auto show. I had no idea such a vehicle even existed. The first production El Camino was a 1959 model. Deals On Wheels has other cool cars too.

The Capri Theater caught my eye as I dove to breakfast in Shelbyville. It seems to have opened around 1941 as the Princess but reliable information wasn't easy to find.

I made it to Fayetteville before another theater caught my eye. The Lincoln Theater opened in 1951, long after Granddad and Granny "camped right in town by a big garage" and "walked around the square". I did not camp in town but I did walk around the square and no doubt saw many of the same buildings they did. The courthouse was not one of them. The 1874 building they would have walked around was replaced by this one in 1970. The Robbinses might have seen the mural advertising a "delicious and refreshing" beverage for a nickel a bottle but, even if they did, I doubt it enticed them to make a purchase.

It seems like I am often welcomed to Alabama by a field of cotton,

This is Lake Guntersville. The cluster of white sails caught my eye and I pulled onto a side road for a better look. And to grab a picture of the bridge I'd just crossed.

If this is Rome, it must be Georgia. I've been here before but I don't remember the town being so big or so congested or such a chore to drive through. I know not whether that's primarily because it's growing or I'm aging.

You may recall that this 1894 mural in Cartersville, GA, was the very first piece of outdoor Coca-Cola advertising. That's not a 129 year-old paint job though. It has been restored. Young Brothers Pharmacy was not open today but I took a peek through the front door.

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