Three recent day (or…early afternoon) trips: 1. Sloss Furnaces. One of the places I drive by almost every day, sometimes twice. It’s a relic of what brought Birmingham into existence: the confluence of coal, iron ore and limestone that made the steel industry possible here. It’s interesting to know that after the business was [...]
At the Bridge, on the River
July 25, 2012 by 6 Comments
Another local road trip today: to one of the swimming areas near the Swann Covered Bridge, which cross the Locust Fork of the Warrior River. The bridge was constructed in 1933, is very long (for a covered bridge), and is the oldest surviving covered bridge in Alabama. It’s about 35 miles from my house – a [...]
Close to Home
June 7, 2012 by 1 Comment
Isn’t it embarrassing when you discover a fantastic spot that you’ve never heard of before… …and it’s twenty-five minutes from your house? That happened to me today. Well not all today, since I “discovered” the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve a couple of weeks ago, digitally-speaking. But it was only today that we finally got up [...]
On top of Red Mountain
May 13, 2012 by 1 Comment
Another home-town tourism post.. I’d thought about heading to Atlanta today to see my oldest, since daughter is home from college for a couple of weeks, but he had to work, so we just hung around here instead. Most of today (Mother’s Day) threatened rain around Birmingham, and at times made good on that threat. [...]
Alabama weekend
April 11, 2012 by 5 Comments
Easter Sunday and Monday, we traveled, but not far. Just down south a bit, then around here. It was a rare weekend – because it was a holiday, of course – with hardly anything to do. No games, no scouts, and no one was even serving Mass or teaching a class. NO BIRTHDAY PARTIES. We [...]
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