A trip to... Walgreens. And some fog!

I stayed for a full week in New Orleans and went on a bunch of tours. This means I've had to drive for quite a bit to get back on track timewise. Today, however, I didn't get much driving done, and I'll tell you why below!

Skärmklipp från Google Maps

I just passed the small town of Greenville (pop. about 34,000) and the highway is a lot of the same. Right now there is not even a view of the river. In fact, it looks kind of lika Skåne. Flat with farmland. Even the weather is boring - a foggy 5 degrees C. Not very exciting:( In fact, the fog this morning was so thick they had an alert out. This is what it said: "A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING... SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS... AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU". Since I don't feel comfortable driving in that kind of weather, I decided to just park the car and try to ammuse myself to the best of my ability!

Luckily, Greenville was big enough to have a proper Walgreens, and I can always find things I do AND don't need at a Walgreens:) We don't really have stores like it in Sweden, even if we're getting closer since the deregulation of the pharmacies. It's like a pharmacy, food, health and everything-store:) The closest we get to it in Sweden is Coop Forum, but their not often located in the center of towns like Walgreens tend to be. I always check out the make-up and magazine aisles even if don't necessarily buy anything. Today, I was so bored, I splurged though. My idea was to wait out the fog in the car with a bunch of magazines and a new polish:) I found a quick dry polish from a brand I haven't seen in Sweden, a bunch of magazines, and some classic Hershey's Kisses Chocolate.

The coolest thing though was that I met a woman who was really talkative and we ended up chatting in the fast food aisle for half an hour! Her great-great-grandfather was actually born in Grenada (a nearby county) as a slave and the family have lived there since then! Her dialect was fantastic! She had the kind a Southern drawl you hear in movies. I guess they do talk like that in real life as well!

Anyway - my nails have been done, I've finished some of the magazines and ALL of the chocolate and I'm on the road again. I'll just step on it now while the weather is still clear. It's just after 2pm and I have  25 Swedish miles to cover before I reach Memphis. I'll try to make it in time for dinner! See you later:)