Adventures including a visit to, drive thru and/or stay in Alabama
Camping near the Alabama/Georgia/Tennessee Border Where we spent 5 days mostly visiting National Park sites. Our first stop was to the tri-state marker, where we took turns standing in 3 states, and 2 times zones at the same time! (so exciting.) That was day 1, enroute to Russell Cave, in Read more…
First stop in the Appalachians… …and our last stop in Alabama. We camped in Alabama’s DeSoto State Park, in Fort Payne, developed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps and is home to DeSoto Falls, the state’s highest waterfall (104-foot-tall). The park also borders the Little River, which flows Read more…
Camping on Lake Logan Martin in Riverside, Alabama We chose this campground, on a small lake off of the Coosa River, because it was between Birmingham and Anniston, two places where we wanted to visit National Park sites. And being on the water, we thought it would be nice for Read more…
Mostly Montgomery, plus Selma & Tuskegee WOW! We had 11 nights here, long enough to have some hangout days, get the 100K service done on The Beast, and still spend 7 days visiting many, many sites. Montgomery is known as the Cradle of the Confederacy and the Birthplace of the Read more…
“Camping” near the home of the Blue Angels! We stopped here to visit the Gulf Islands National Seashore-Florida and the National Naval Aviation Museum (on the Naval Air Station Pensacola.) We actually camped across Perdido Bay from Pensacola, in Lillian, Alabama, our 35th state to camp in with Lizzy! We Read more…
Road Trip Albums at: January 5-30, 2015 January 30-February 19, 2015 Overview January 5-30: Left Bellevue heading South on I-5 through Oregon to Southern California. Then heading East primarily on I-10, drove across southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. January 31-February 19: Drove into and “around Read more…
60th Bday Vacation Album at: October 11–26, 2013 Overview Our 60th Birthday Trip (50th was to Hawaii) was inspired by our January stop in Memphis, on our Christmas X-Country Trip. We took two weeks to visit Civil War Sites across Tennessee and in Vicksburg, Mississippi, with a little time saved Read more…