Blogs from Alabama, United States, North America - page 3

Yahoo! We are here....in Red Bay, Alabama ....the mothership of our RV. Our mobile house was built here in 2008. We have returned to this Mecca on previous occasions to have it worked on. This is our fourth visit. We are very familiar with the lay-out of the area and what to do and see to keep ourselves entertained while the “old gal” gets a work over. We arrived around noon from Tuscaloosa. Fortunately, we found one last open site at the campground we have stayed at before: Convenient Camping. It is located close to everything we need to access. Looks like all the many campgrounds in the area are full......lots of work needing to be done on Tiffin Motor Homes. Our work will begin on Monday at Bay Diesel. Here they will check everything on ... read more

I know what you're thinking: another lower-tier game in Alabama. Guilty. But in my defense, the lower level of FBS football has been much more attractive this season than in previous seasons, mainly due to price and availability. But one of the schools that I wanted to attend even before the pandemic was Troy. I drove past the school on the same trip that I visited Southern Miss, five years ago, and I was equally desirous of attending a football game here as there. the schedule for this season, however, favored Southern Miss in September and Troy in October. To be honest, Troy was a potential site for me for several weeks this season, but since I skipped last week (after attending for two weeks in a row), I felt the need to go somewhere this ... read more

Why the hell am I in Birmingham, Alabama? And on a Thursday night? Under normal circumstances, those would be good questions. But 2020 has been anything but normal, and when it comes to college football, everything has been up in the air. So the short answer to those questions is, because it’s actual FBS-level college football where fans are allowed to attend. Spoiler alert: this post will have lots of reflection in it. In a year when most of us have been concerned about surviving, or on the other end of the spectrum, about government overreach and conspiracy theories, I’m just glad I got to attend a college football game at all. As it turns out, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has cheap tickets, is allowing fans to attend, and also hosted the very ... read more

Let me start by saying that the people in Gulf Shores are friendly. That applies to locals and visitors alike! I started my morning with a walk on the beach, which required me to ride down to the lobby in an already occupied elevator. The gentleman saw me follow him out the door and said "Morning walk on the beach too huh?" He is a snowbird from Valparaiso and gave me some food tips and wished me luck on my shell hunting. I walked east along the beach for quite a ways. Along my walk I saw several dead jellyfish (I was careful not to step on any), a Great Blue Heron and lots and lots of shells. The waves are very large right now and there are rip current warnings all over. The water temperature ... read more

Nancy and I usually seek to break up the winter and travel somewhere in February. This year we decided to travel south. With the recent anniversaries of boycotts, marches and actions, organizations offer Civil Rights tours these days. We thought we could plan our own. We headed via 81 south from Pennsylvania towards Nashville. Compared to interstates 95 and 76, traffic was light. Our plan was to stay downtown; we spent enough time in the car and wanted to be able to walk to the action without driving. We stayed in the Marriott, which fit the bill. Although Nashville was a location for early civil rights lunch counter sit-ins, we mostly looked at other stuff. Music is the thing in Nashville; not only Country and Western, but for recording and performing in general. The main street, ... read more