The Birmingham Race Course in Irondale is the temporary home of Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland drive-thru light display. The 3.25 mile course is filled with synchronized light displays with music playing on FM 100.9. What to...
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Tips for hiking Amicalola Falls Georgia State Park with kids + Junior Ranger Badge
When the drought plaguing the South ends head over to Amicalola Falls State Park near Dawsonville, Ga. We recently visited the tallest waterfall in Georgia looking for pretty fall colors, a challenging hike and...
Tips for visiting Natural Bridge, Alabama with kids – Hiking, photography and more
For almost 40 years I’ve roamed up and down Alabama’s highways, back roads, side roads and trails. All this time I have managed to skip stopping at Natural Bridge, AL. The longest natural bridge east...
Earning a George Washington Carver Museum NPS Junior Ranger badge
Photo by Christie Dedman
We stopped by the George Washington Carver Museum NPS to earn a Junior Ranger badge & see a bottle of peanut oil featured on our favorite show Mysteries at the Museum. This little stop...
See Budweiser Clydesdales, free Nov. 10 through Nov. 13 at BJCC
Not into beer but love the Budweiser Clydesdales? Me too. That’s why I plan on checking out the horses at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Nov. 10 through Nov. 13 at Uptown Park. The...
7 Tips for visiting the Negro Southern League Museum with kids
There’s a sport history gym tucked deep in the inner heart of Birmingham overlooking Regions Field. The Negro Southern League Museum is packed with history, has an excellent layout and best of all it’s...
See the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree for Free in Nashville & Knoxville
Photo courtesy of US Capitol Christmas
Want to see the Captiol Christmas Tree without driving to Washington D.C.? If you think it would be cool then you will have an opportunity soon. The cross country delivery route will travel through...
Free National Park pass for fourth-graders & their family, an $80 value
Will you have a fourth-grade student during the 2015-2016 school year? If so then make sure you take note of the announcement President Obama made today – all fourth-graders will receive a free National...
Where to go in South Alabama: Battleship, NPS sites, a submarine, Captiol & mansion tours + more
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Alabama Governor's Mansion, free tours. Photo by Christie Dedman -
Famous Alabama shaped pool at the governor's mansion Photo by Christie Dedman -
Alabama Archives outside bronze plaque Photo by Christie Dedman -
Alabama State Capitol rotunda Photo by Christie Dedman -
Inside the Alabama Capitol Photo by Christie Dedman -
Touring Booker T Washington's home The Oaks in Tuskegee Al Photo by Christie Dedman -
Inside Hanger 2 Tuskegee Airmen museum Photo by Christie Dedman -
Inside Hanger 2 Tuskegee Airmen museum Photo by Christie Dedman -
Penguin exhibit at Gulf Coast Exploreum Photo by Christie Dedman -
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Photo by Christie Dedman -
Sunset over Battleship Park in Mobile County, Alabama Photo by Christie Dedman -
Montgomery Zoo & Museum Photo by Christie Dedman -
Tuskegee Airmen Moton Field Photo by Christie Dedman -
Battleship USS Alabama Photo by Christie Dedman -
Inside the Little White House of the Confederacy Photo by Christie Dedman -
Jasmine Hill Gardens Elmore County
Here is the second installment of what to do in Alabama. My first and second installments include: Where to go in North Alabama: U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Sci-Quest, Monte Sano, Jesse Owens, Oakville...
Where to go in Central Alabama: Factory tours, museums, hiking & more
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Birmingham skyline from Vulcan Photo by Christie Dedman -
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The kids visiting the Peanut Depot Photo by Christie Dedman -
Ruffner Mountain Nature Center - my daughter checking out the turtles Photo by Christie Dedman -
Comer museum & Blue Bell factory tour Photo by Christie Dedman -
Mt. Cheaha Bald Rock observation deck Photo by Christie Dedman -
Red Mountain Park treehouse hike Photo by Christie Dedman -
Turkey Creek Nature Preserve Photo by Christie Dedman -
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Riding the Heart of Dixie trains. Photo by Christie Dedman -
My three kids checking out the pork skin manufacturing area at Golden Flake. Photo by Christie Dedman
Here is the second installment of what to do in Alabama. Remember the other day I posted the first installment called: Where to go in North Alabama: U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Sci-Quest, Monte...
