February 2016 Full Moon BBQ and Red Clay Brewing

Stop #2 on our #brewsnque tour of 2016 was the great city of Opelika!  It was kind of a last minute decision so the adventure became date day for these soon to be empty nesters!

I can finally say that I ate lunch at Full Moon BBQ.  More than one friend has told me that they enjoy eating there and I can see why.  Lamar and I drove the 45 minutes north east to Opelika and it was worth it.  We had bbq and it was delish.  We also had some of their Half Moon cookies...omg y'all...those alone are worth the drive!  Annnndddd...we brought home some of the Full Moon BBQ Chow Chow  as well.  Fun atmosphere, having just a few Alabama and Auburn memorabilia items and the service was great! We will definitely visit again.

After our lunch at Full Moon BBQ we decided to do a little adventure seeking in the fair city of Opelika.  We stopped in to look around at The Museum of East Alabama.  Located on 9th Street in historic downtown Opelika this place is a fun little stroll through time. Did you know that Opelika was a location for a POW camp in World War II?  I had no clue! Side note, if you are looking for a history project for your 4th grader during their Alabama History year this would be a great place to visit!

It's been a while since I've taken photos just to take photos.  This adventure presented a good opportunity so we headed to the Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge  The bridge was moved from it's original home in Salem to Opelika where it was reconstructed after suffering some storm damage.  It was a fun way to spend a pretty day.  Covered Bridges are so rustic and Americana and you can only imagine all of the stories those places have to tell.  Just a fun detour from the norm.

On to the piece de resistance!  Yeah, I'm still hanging on to some of the French phrases I was actually able to use last summer while in Montreal.  Anyhoo... The Red Clay Brewing Company was our #brews part of the tour day.  What a fun place!  I am seeing a warehouse trend in these "college buddies" brew businesses.  At Good People Brewing we felt we were on the older end of the average as far as age.  At Red Clay Brewing we were definitely feeling our grandparenting age, ha!  We played board games, talked with the father of one of the owners and enjoyed some really cool drinks.  

I had a cute and fruity hard cider cocktail...yum!  Lamar had the Swamp Stout..he does enjoy a dark beer!  The atmosphere is relaxed.  Ping pong games were being played, music and just fun conversation. Red Clay is worth a return trip!

All in all, it was a really fun day!  Looking forward to another weekend of #brewsnque!