So I was a little bit hesitant to take my car out of state and, granted, the availability of charging isn’t what it is where I live in metro Atlanta but, as you can see from the above photo, the demand isn’t either.
When I arrived, a large gas-powered truck was parked in the shadiest EV spot.
And of course, it was one of the seemingly many record heat days we’ve had this summer with a high over a 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
The EV charging station is right next to a plaque from the Equal Justice Initiative about lynching both in the U.S. and in the county. The EJI has a museum in Montgomery I have not yet visited but seems well worth the visit, The Legacy Museum, which opened in 2018. It’s good to have plaques like these to help correct the official record, which glosses over the ugliness and allows people to pretend we’re not surrounded by the shadows of our violent past. These plaques are all over the country, too.
Amid the stifling heat, there was a nice breeze there near a fountain that sputtered to life every 5 minutes or so. People were out in the heat in the lightly populated downtown area playing Pokémon Go amid a sound system playing the hits of yesterday and today. It’s better than the treacly, insipid modern country playing at The Breezeway.
The Breezeway, was chaotic, dark and somewhat grimy on a busy Sunday, and the Reuben lacked Thousand Island dressing. It’s one of those restaurants in need of renovation and decluttering but was still full of families in their Sunday best after church. It apparently has a good reputation. Maybe I just chose the wrong plate. It seems like I had a good meal there at one point in the not-so-distant past.
Kimberly L. Wright 
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