travel: Listen...This Town's Heart Still Beats
- 06/12/13 09:42 PM
All over America there are vestiges of factories that were the lifeblood of communities of all sizes. One of the most striking to me was the factory in Tallassee, Alabama. I believe it was textiles of some sort. The buildings take up the better part of the town situated by the river. It is so easy to feel and hear the thrum that must have happened not only daily but around the clock when this factory was producing at its highest rate. Since it had been around since the early 1900s, generations must have worked there. More than likely … (7 comments)
travel: More From Wetumpka, Alabama
- 06/04/13 09:58 PM
The bridge in Wetumpka, Alabama is one that I would enjoy getting to see on a daily basis. I'll bet it never looks the same twice. The river is the Coosa and when I was traveling there earlier in the spring I saw several signs showing that in the 1920s during heavy rains, the river rose 37 feet. I can't even begin to imagine the terrifying power that river has in those conditions. If you ever travel to Montgomery, Alabama make sure you take the 20 minute ride to explore Wetumpka. Just outside the town is also the largest … (5 comments)
travel: Happiness, Peace, Bravery, Valor, Loyalty, Purity, Freedom, Prosperity
- 06/03/13 09:36 PM
During the recent road trip my mother and I took to Montgomery, Alabama, we decided to take a day and explore some of the small towns within 20 minutes of Montgomery. Like many southern small towns, Wetumpka, Alabama had once been a thriving factory town. While it's apparent that in many respects it still has a vibrant core to it and it was obvious that the local chamber of commerce, merchant associations and civic minded groups are working hard to show Wetumpka's finest attributes off to the world there were vestiges of its former heyday everywhere in the form of … (17 comments)
travel: The Kids Were As Much Fun to Watch as the Animals!
- 05/24/13 01:31 PM
We were so lucky to have mild weather when Mom and I went to the Montgomery Zoo. The animals were a bit more invigorated as well as the children. Each busload of children were from different schools. The kids and adults all had matching t-shirts so it was easy to spot each other in a crowd. I really loved watching the kids on the overhead tram. It was pretty interesting actually that such young kids would be allowed to ride the trams by themselves. Some were very comfortable on the ride but others had a real death grip on … (8 comments)
travel: All The Monkeys Aren't in the Zoo...But Some Are! Montgomery Zoo
- 05/23/13 01:33 PM
This past Monday seems like three weeks ago. I flew into Asheville on Monday night and went back to work the following morning. Trying to get caught up on work has kept me from really getting any time to think about my time away. Finally, I started taking the photos off the camera. This was my second time going to Montgomery, AL with my mother to attend the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. The plays were all awesome, we saw Twelfth Night and MacBeth plus two non-Shakespeare plays, Around the World in 80 Days and To Kill a Mockingbird. We had three evening … (14 comments)
travel: Back Home...Let Me Tell You, There's Been No Time. Monday Melody Late
- 05/13/13 09:53 PM
Apparently she has a routine and part of that routine includes me. I've just learned that when she's at home my mother gets up, checks the weather to see what she needs to wear for her bike ride. Temps under 60 degrees means a long underwear shirt and a sweat shirt in Port Charlotte. She rides her 3 wheel bike for 10-11 miles every morning and then returns home to get on the computer. She checks email, her banking stuff and reads my blog. So, as you know I've been on this road trip with my mother since last Thursday … (12 comments)
travel: Okay, Here We Go...It's the Big Day!
- 05/07/13 09:34 PM
Okay, here it is...the big day. Leslie is taking me to the Asheville Airport shortly and I'll be flying to Atlanta, hanging out there for a couple of hours and then continuing onto the Tampa Airport. I really like leaving from Asheville. There are only a few gates, it's friendly and very small town in a big city way. Flying out of or into Asheville is so gorgeous with an incredible view of the Blue Ridge range. Flying into Atlanta is just as fascinating, so many buildings and ribbons of highway and completely unlike our little section of Western North … (14 comments)
travel: Quintessential Southern ... Wordless Wednesday
- 06/12/12 09:39 PM
Does anything evoke the idea of “southern style” more than a Magnolia in full bloom? See a Magnolia brings to mind southern literature…To Kill a Mockingbird, Gone with the Wind, The Prince of Tides, Interview With a Vampire…you know, the classics.
This particular Magnolia was in an old cemetery close to downtown in Montgomery, Alabama which really reminded me that I was in the deep south. Old, old moss covered headstones and ancient trees with Spanish Moss draped about the limbs…quintessential southern.
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travel: Steeped in History ~ Montgomery, AL ~ Wordless Wednesday
- 05/29/12 09:49 PM
The RiverWalk area of downtown Montgomery, Alabama blends decades of history into just a few short blocks. The day was overcast which just seemed to add a dreamlike quality to the surroundings making it even easier to imagine what it might have looked like during the Civil War, turn of the century, Prohibition and into the fifties. … (13 comments)
travel: St Pete Bayfront - Silent Saturday
- 05/25/12 09:52 PM
Before living in North Carolina, I lived in St. Petersburg, Florida. You know, I really thought I had a clear memory of what St. Pete looked like but I was wrong. During the travels with my mother recently, I had a chance to go to St. Pete and see my sisters in law and three brothers. Before going to Marlon and Marsha’s house, my mother and I took a drive along the bay front.
How could I have forgotten how lovely the bay approach to St. Pete is? … (16 comments)
travel: Saving the Cat? - Wordless Wednesday
- 05/22/12 09:48 PM
The cat is probably wondering “Did I ASK to be saved?”. There are so many possible outcomes for this scene, none of them however what these kids thought would be the end result.
How many days have YOU started out thinking there would be a purring and content kitty in your hands only to find yourself reeling, hurt and confused by someone else’s misinterpretation of your well intentioned actions?
These kids had better hope their parents aren’t watching!
This is one of the phenomenal bronze statues surrounding the Shakespeare Theater in Montgomery, Alabama. … (18 comments)
Tammy Lankford in Eatonton, Georgia is a “must see” on any AR member’s vacation if you get near her area. I can’t promise that she’ll lay out the same buffet she prepared for my mother and me but I think I can guarantee a snack and beverage of some sort plus lively conversation. Tammy’s office, Lane Realty is just off 441 and is exactly the kind of office I’d want to find my REALTOR in if I was looking for property. There’s a nice wide covered porch in front … (17 comments)
travel: Serendipity and Love Bugs - Friday Fotos
- 05/17/12 10:46 PM
If you’ve ever lived in Florida or South Georgia and are familiar with love bugs, this title might well leave you saying…huh? But yes, serendipity is involved because of these love bugs. For those of you who have never had the pleasure of “love bug season”, they are small black flying insects often in the embrace of passion getting smacked by the millions on the fronts of unsuspecting vehicles in a few southern states. D I S G U S T I N G for the vehicle and unfortunate for the bugs. Anyway, Mom and I were driving northbound on … (18 comments)
travel: Copenhagen in Montgomery-Hounding the RiverWalk
- 05/14/12 10:22 PM
Actually, I did get some photos of the historic Riverwalk in Montgomery, AL and I will be sharing them eventually but in the meantime…meet Copenhagen. Mom and I first saw Copenhagen in downtown Montgomery along with his owner Matt. Matt is a soldier stationed somewhere around Montgomery for special training. He adopted Copenhagen from the animal shelter about 8 months ago. Copenhagen has the most polished manners I’ve ever seen in a hound dog. He’s sweet and personable. Matt had Copenhagen down on the Riverwalk to continue socializing him. He seems pretty comfortable to me and there were hundreds of … (19 comments)
travel: The Gift of Time - The Travel Correspondent Reporting In
- 05/12/12 10:18 PM
This trip to Montgomery has been an extraordinary experience. The Wynton M. Blount Cultural Park is a true treasure that people of Montgomery, Alabama should be very proud of. Not only does it house the two theaters for live performances but the park itself is acres and acres of lush lawn, ponds, picnic and gathering places, walking/running/biking paths and statuary art work scattered throughout. We've been here since Thursday and everyday the park had lots of people enjoying the beauty.
Certainly I've loved the plays, the park and this beautiful city with its friendly and helpful … (16 comments)
travel: Just Ducky - A Report from the Travel Correspondent
- 05/12/12 10:00 PM
The pond at the Wynton M. Blount Cultural Park, home of the Shakespeare Festival theaters, is the gathering place for ducks, geese, cranes and egrets. I approached the pond shortly after one of the greenskeepers had put out feed for them. I wouldn't say the ducks were tame but they weren't timid. These three were kind enough to pose for their group portrait.
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travel: Henry VIII - Travel Correspondent Reporting In
- 05/11/12 12:40 AM
Well, we're here in Montgomery, Alabama. Our 7 and a half hour drive was actually about 9 and a half hours. Mom has Sirius Radio, so we jammed away listening to music from the 50s and 60s the whole time. We stopped when we needed to stretch and tried not to stress too much when it looked like we'd pull into town about 10 minutes before the opening curtain for the Shakespeare Festival.
Full disclosure here...Leslie told us time and time again to start earlier than we did but we really wanted to have breakfast with my sister in law, … (15 comments)
travel: Feeling Like a Travel Correspondent
- 05/09/12 09:55 PM
Okay, this is out of the ordinary for me. I flew out of Asheville, NC yesterday through Atlanta (traveling probably 12 miles in the airport to find the right gate for the connection) and on to Tampa, FL. My brother Marlon picked me up in his very snazzy red dodge truck and we drove to St. Pete. Marlon took me to his wife Marsha's bar on 54th Avenue...Marsha's Wayside Inn, where I'll admit to having a drink. Then he took me to his house where Marsha was waiting with my mom in the screened in enclosure by the pool...nice, Florida at … (10 comments)
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All over America there are vestiges of factories that were the lifeblood of communities of all sizes. One of the most striking to me was the factory in Tallassee, Alabama. I believe it was textiles of some sort. The buildings take up the better part of the town situated by the river. It is so easy to feel and hear the thrum that must have happened not only daily but around the clock when this factory was producing at its highest rate. Since it had been around since the early 1900s, generations must have worked there. More than likely … (7 comments)
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