Day 2 still raining

Life is one beautiful trip

Funny how in all road trip my fantasizing, I didn't picture rain. It's not so bad, though. My first night could not have been more perfect. I stopped in Simpsonville, SC to see my cousins – Trish, her daughter G-na and husband Scott, and G-na's son Nick. I haven't seen these ladies since I was a teenager. It was such a relaxed evening catching up on our lives. The whole time, I kept looking at G-na thinking, "She's a grown up," which is kinda funny cause her kids are older than mine. My favorite part of the visit? They call me by my real name. 

I'm aiming the car toward Birmingham, Alabama now. Hopefully, out of the rain.

Raining and zero mph in Greenville, SC.

And it rained in Georgia.

And it was still raining when I crossed into Alabama.

But by the time I got to Birmingham, the temperature had reached 78 degrees and the skies cleared. 

Vulcan in Birmingham, AL

Vulcan, the Roman God of Fire, is the largest cast iron statue in the world.  Made by Guiseppe Moretti in 1904, he stands 56 feet tall and weighs 50 tons.

He pierced the clouds to empty them of the rain today.

18th Street, Birmingham, Alabama

Bessemer, Alabama

Beautiful end of day, headed to my next destination.