Day twenty-four, what a difference an hour makes

Wow! It’s taking some getting used to this ‘Central Standard Time’. As most of my friends know, I have been getting up at 5:00am for years and years (sometimes even earlier). That habit became engrained in me while I was trying to juggle my teaching job with running Sara Jordan Publishing. Anyway, when I wake up here and it feels like it is 5:00am it’s really only 4:00am in Mobile!

Oh well. First stop of the day was at Anders Bookstore in Mobile, where I met with Alice, the manager. Anders is an enormous store that carries college texts and parent/teacher school supplies. It’s located just across the street from the University of South Alabama. Anders has been in business over five decades and has been in its present location for 13 years.

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Alice [top left], the manager of Anders Bookstore showing inside [top right] and out [bottom].

My next stop was a hop, skip, and a jump to the state of Mississippi, where I’d stop at the School & Carnival Supplies Store in Gulfport. School & Carnival Supplies has to be the busiest store I have visited on my trip. It’s gigantic and it’s just bustling. I think I know their secret. Although they have a ton of educational resource material they also specialize in party supplies. No doubt the states of Mississippi and Louisiana must be filled with partiers! All kinds of people were in the store buying helium, Valentine party favors, and party stuff of every kind. At the same time teachers were buying their supplies. Genna and Theresa were very kind to take the time to greet me and Genna showed me all around the store. They really were so busy. It was nice that she took the time.

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Genna [top left] and Theresa [top right]. Inside of School and Carnival Supplies [bottom].

One more stop today and that is just outside of New Orleans, to stay with my host for the night, Joanne. Hard to believe I’ve covered so many states in such a short time. There is lots of water around here too. Everywhere you look there is water and causeways. The Deep South certainly is beautiful, not to mention warm.