This is the first stop on our journey to see our families. After wrapping up all the details at home we had a few days to rest before we visited J's parents and relatives. We had a great time seeing everybody. a and j enjoyed going to J's cousins place to see the cows and even sang to them. Wish we had a more pictures, but we do have a picture of j swinging on their land. It was very hard for the girls to sy goodbye to our pets. It is even harder to say goodbye to friends & family! [View Full Entry]

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Had a meeting in Birmingham and in our free time we had a few minutes to see some of the powerful sites this city has to offer. Spent some time touring the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute which is a fairly new museum reviewing the civil rights struggle in the US. Across the street from the Institute is the 16th Street Baptist Church and Kelly Ingram Park. The Church is, of course, famous for the horrible 1963 racial bombing which killed four little girls. The Park contains several statues and sculptures of the famous, or infamous, photos taken during the 1950-1960s civil [View Full Entry]

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Dec 13, 2002 City official name :Huntsville Founded date : Location :Alabama State Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of Huntsville was 164,570. As of 2005 Census Estimates the Huntsville Metropolitan Area had a population of 368,661 with the city proper having 166,313 residents. Huntsville, and its cross-river neighbor Decatur, combine their separate metro [View Full Entry]

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The bus between Mobile, AL and New Orleans, LA isn’t full, not even close. She’s sitting in the back of the bus, mixing her soda with vodka. Alcohol is prohibited on Greyhound buses, and she has to hide it. She hasn’t seen her child in many years, the father took it away. She is an exotic dancer. She is going to New Orleans to visit her mother, not to try her luck like many other dancers. She knows how to make that extra buck. Smile, and they will give you money. Even if you’re having a bad day, smile. Extended customer [View Full Entry]

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We went as far into Alabama toward the shore as we could. We stayed at a best western and ate Pizza Hut for supper and went to walmart for a watch for my brother and a bathing suit for me, new video tapes, batteries, etc. We got up early and got to Gulf Shores. We had to cross this massive creepy bridge. Almost seemed like heading to Jersey Shore only..much better, obviously haha Somhow we went to a beach with a HUGE storm comming. Our timing wasn't great. We found a really nice place right on the beach and got a [View Full Entry]

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