On the road

Star photographer Kevin Qualls and I left Anniston about 9:30 this morning. We're through Birmingham and in Tuscaloosa now.

Mapquest said the route is around 500 miles and will take almost 8 hours. We're hoping to get to Shreveport in time for the Pep Rally on the Louisiana Boardwalk tonight at 6.

From here we stay on I-20 through Mississippi until just before Texas. The map I looked at said Shreveport was 18 minutes from the Texas line and 40 minutes from the Arkansas line.

I talked to a group yesterday who left Anniston at 5:30 a.m. bound for Shreveport. More on them later.

-aj