When we go to Sowal, we fly into Bham and drive south--we get off at Greenville, route 10 to 331, and thru Opp. There's a Barbeque place in Opp that makes a good stop for a quick lunch (and gives us our barbeque fix, since New York has no clue about this culinary treat.)
But a question to y'all who take the Georgiana route: has anyone ever stopped at the Hank Williams birthplace and Museum?? I'm an historian, and love country music, but getting my family to stop at these sorts of venues requires a certain amount of arm-twisting (they don't all share my love of this music, and usually we're terribly anxious to get to the beach, or to get back to Bham for the flight home).