What a year you were. It was not a crazy travel year, but 2024 was fun-filled and enriching. It also began with my first published magazine article. During the year, I met some wonderful people, which is why travel is...
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Tips for a First Time Talladega NASCAR race
YellaWood on the inside field at Talladega Speedway Winning tickets for the Yellawood 500 NASCAR Race on October 2, 2022, was a surprise. As a native Alabamian, I had never attended a NASCAR race. Before the trip to ‘Dega,’ I...
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The Magic of Marble Festival in Sylacauga, Alabama’s Marble City
Magic of Marble Festival Each April for the last eleven years, sculptors from around the world gather in Alabama’s Marble City, Sylacauga, for the Magic of Marble Festival. The twelve-day festival situated in the heart of downtown Sylacauga at Blue...
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Tiptoeing Through the tulips and a patriotic walk through the American Village, Montevallo, Alabama
TULIPS GALORE Since 2017, the American Village in Montevallo has planted tulips in December for the community to enjoy in the Spring. This year, over 100 thousand bulbs were planted. This herald of spring has become an attraction, drawing...
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The Culinary Academy Pastry Class, The Grand Hotel, Point Clear, Alabama
Grand Hotel Kimberly Lyons, the pastry chef at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama is a talented 29-year-old. She thinks about her dishes “constantly” she told me, usually about how to improve them. She attended Culinard at Virginia College...
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A Walk in the Fast Lane at Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham, Alabama
Barber Motorsports “Oh, wow!” I exclaimed upon entering the Barber Motorsports Museum. It is gigantic! Five towering floors filled with the world’s largest motorcycle collection. It also contains racing automobiles and bikes, which adorn every nook and cranny. Wall Art...
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Wine tasting at Ozan Winery in Calera, AL
Ozan Winery Just off Interstate-65 at exit 228 is an oasis of viniculture in Alabama. Ozan Winery, established in 2005, sits on a hill in Calera, Alabama, surrounded by Norton grape vines. Tasting room On this warm Saturday, my friend...
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Cathedral Caverns article on Journey Jaunts and Junkets
http://journeysjauntsandjunkets.com/exploring-cathedral-caverns-in-woodville-alabama/
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Exploring the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and EJI’s Legacy Museum, Montgomery, Alabama
In the two most recent additions to the civil rights trail, I found both the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum to be powerful experiences. I was pleased to see and hear the respect visitors paid...
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FLY
FLY Fly Written by Trey Ellis and Richardo Khan, Fly follows the stories of four Tuskegee Airman during their Army Air Corp pilot training. Chet, Oscar, J. Allen, and W.W. have their own reasons for joining up but the one...
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