Blogs from Alabama, United States, North America - page 8

Geo: 34.6814, -86.0793This posting was NOT prof-read by Glenn, so please disregard any grammatical mistakes that I have posted.After visiting the Abbotts, we drove directly to Scottsboro to go to the famous warehouse, Unclaimed Baggage.I cannot tell you how disappointed I was. The prices were overpriced. I will just settle for Garage Sales. Glenn looked for tennis shoes, but didn't find a pair.As we were walking in, an employee met us and asked us where we were from. With the reply as "Guatemala", she said "Have you eaten lunch?" and she handed us cards for 2 free meals at the coffee shop.After exploring the warehouse, Glenn and I each had a sandwich there in the coffee shop, then we continued towards the Wilkersons.We did do a Letterbox called "The Boys of Scottsboro" It was at a ... read more

Geo: 34.6814, -86.0793This posting was NOT prof-read by Glenn, so please disregard any grammatical mistakes that I have posted.After visiting the Abbotts, we drove directly to Scottsboro to go to the famous warehouse, Unclaimed Baggage.I cannot tell you how disappointed I was. The prices were overpriced. I will just settle for Garage Sales. Glenn looked for tennis shoes, but didn't find a pair.As we were walking in, an employee met us and asked us where we were from. With the reply as "Guatemala", she said "Have you eaten lunch?" and she handed us cards for 2 free meals at the coffee shop.After exploring the warehouse, Glenn and I each had a sandwich there in the coffee shop, then we continued towards the Wilkersons.We did do a Letterbox called "The Boys of Scottsboro" It was at a ... read more

Geo: 34.7059, -86.7509This posting was NOT prof-read by Glenn, so please disregard any grammatical mistakes that I have posted.After the time at the Unclaimed Baggage Store and doing the letterbox, we headed directly west towards Madison, AL.As we we driving by Huntsville, AL, I asked Glenn to pull off and we exited just in time to park at the US Space and Rocket Center. I wanted to see how much it would cost to go into the buildings and stuff. Bottom line - too much.However, we did walk around OUTSIDE to see the space shuttles, rockets and boosters. Awesome. We did get some great pictures. I mentioned to Glenn that we had already seen the Space Shuttle at the Air and Space Museum back in DC 2 weeks ago.We continued on to Madison and visited with ... read more

Greetings from Fort Payne, AL. 606 miles today! If you've never had occasion to ride a motorcycle 600 miles in a day, let me just say this: There's a reason why cowboys walk that way. I left Morgantown at 5:00am and arrived here in Fort Payne 12 hours later. This morning's ride through the West Virginia and Virginia mountains was beautiful, the best riding so far. These are the kind of roads that motorcycles are made for. Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama were just plain HOT. In fact, it was the heat rather than fatigue that made me stop for the night. I've decided that the rest of the trip will be at night. I just can't take the heat during the day. The new Ultimate seat on the Mothership is worlds better than my old Corbin ... read more

We drove 12 hours the first day, we thought that we were never going to leave Florida. Once we finally did leave Florida we were thrown into an unexpected situation, going into a tunnel in Alabama. We did a quick google search and kept reading how steep it was but thankfully the trailer and Nate pulled thru it well. By the time we arrived we were exhausted, but excited to meet up with some old friends and grateful that God was with us for this trip. See pictures below.... read more

Here we go! Leaving Fairhope, Alabama at 9:30. Mileage is 237,191. We are headed to the Paragon Casino in Marksville, Louisiana. Our 1st stop was the Louisiana Rest Area. Next stop Blue Beacon Truck Wash in Hammond. She's one dirty girl, sure needs a bath. Arrived at Paragon at 4:30 we are in spot 67. Dinner at Los Frijolitos. We have been here before awesome Margaritas and great food. 2 for 1 Margaritas. Cant go wrong. June 6th. Went to the Alexandria Zoo today. Love this zoo. Relaxing, great animals, fun place. White tigers were beautiful. Love watching the monkeys. Went to McAllisters for lunch then DQ. June 7th. Easy day today Wally World then chilled at the campground. Cali loves it here. She lays out all day in the chair. June 8th. Went to the ... read more