Filthy gas station both inside and out. Ya know how they have tumbleweeds rolling around in old westerns? There were tumbleweeds of cigarette cartons blowing around the pumps and nobody but me seemed especially bothered by how trashy this looked. The locals were just like "Meh, just another Tuesday around here!"
The cashier is behind bulletproof glass which I haven't seen outside of Compton, so that was a wee bit of a culture shock for these Gulf state parts. I didn't know Mobile had that thug lyfe element about it until I passed through town looking for gas (reasonably priced) and some ice cold Dr Pepper (very overpriced as compared to every other pit stop along the Gulf Coast.)
If you need gas or a soft drink the second you pass through this spot then you don't have many options nearby for a while; but if you don't need to stop on the road here, keep going a bit further to get to a less threatening looking neighborhood. read more