Rodeway Inn Gadsden

... I bought six for Kisa as a thank you for letting me stay at her place, but I had to eat one on the long drive across Mississippi. She understood my predicament. By the way, I found the only nice part of Memphis as I was leaving town on the east side. It was the suburbia that I usually loathe, but I found a strange comfort in the Starbucks every mile down the road.

It rained the entire drive from Memphis to Gadsden ...

... legends centre around these falls and how a young woman surrendered herself to the falls when she was hindered from seeing her lover, they have even placed a statue of her at the top of the falls. It was dramatic and a surprise for a place out of the way.

Next stop was the Statue of Liberty, Birmingham style. The owner of Liberty Bank in Alabama made a replica of the Statue of Liberty that is one fifth ...

(14) TRIP TAKEN DECEMBER 12, 2003 FRIDAY THIS WAS A FUN TRIP FOR AN OVERNIGHTER. THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME TO CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS AT NOCCOLULA FALLS. IN FACT IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME TO NOCCOLULA FALLS TOGETHER. IT WAS AT NIGHT TIME SO YOU COULD NOT SEE THE FALLS LIKE DURING THE DAYTIME BUT YOU COULD CERTAINLY HEAR IT. WE CHECKED IN AT THE JAMESON INN IN ALBERTVILLE AND GOT ...

... IT ALSO HAD TWO FOUNTAINS ON THE GROUNDS, A LONG DOCK, AND A SMALL MARINA. THEY, ALSO HAD BENCHES AND SWINGS TO SIT AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW. THE BED IN THE ROOM WAS COMFORTABLE. THE ROOM WAS ALSO, VERY CLEAN. WE SAW CRANES AND SEAGULLS AND WOULD YOU BELIEVE ON GUNTERSVILLE LAKE! ALSO, WE SAW VERY BIG DUCKS OR MAYBE THEY WERE GEESE. IT IS LATE IN THE SEASON YET ...

We rode through a couple of very difficult mountain passes today. I did alright- I think I may have impressed some of my co-riders. We are at 700 miles down- 1300 to go. I am so grateful for this incredibly enjoyable trip- I think my years of being a fisherman has paid off since every time I stop I talk to the fisherman and give them literature... I am the only person who can do this I ...

... HER CUP FULL). THE ONLY UNHAPPY MOMENT WAS WHEN BOTH TRAINS WERE DOWN SO WE DID NOT GET TO RIDE...THEY DID GIVE US TICKETS TO COME BACK FOR FREE! THE PARK WAS BEGINNING TO CLOSE SO WE LEFT AND HEADED OUT TO FIND SOMETHING TO EAT. WE FOUND A WAFFLE HOUSE OPEN AND ATE THERE. I MUST SAY INSIDE THE WAFFLE HOUSE WAS A MOTLEY LOOKING CREW. THEIR EMPLOYEE'S WERE VERY FRIENDLY AND EFFICIENT ...

... I ENJOYED IT, ANYWAY. THE NEXT MORNING, WE ATE THEIR BREAKFAST BUFFET. IT WAS A LITTLE UPSCALE COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER STATE PARK LODGES. WE DO NOT NORMALLY GO IN JULY SO THE SOUNDS I HEARD ON OUR BALCONY WERE UNIQUELY WONDERFUL...SO DIFFERENT THAN THE SOUNDS AT THE BEACH. I WOULD RATHER BE AT THE BEACH, OF COURSE. REALLY, THIS TRIP WAS A SPECIAL TIME TOGETHER AND ...

... for decades. In the end it didn't matter, though, because instead of paying the discounted lift-ticket rate, a man approached me and offered me a ticket for $18, his at cost rate which he got through work but was not able to use that day because one of his sons got sick and couldn't ski. Hmmm, $18 - that's about what I figure an all day ski lift ticket ought to cost. I made it to my brother's house in Westchester County, NY around 8:00.

... start to get even worse when the air traffic control computer shut the whole east coast down. Delta then gave Dad a 7 hour tour of the tarmac at LaGuardia. It seems its not good to travel during a computer glitch that effects the entire east coast. Well we both ended up in Birmingham eventually and everything has been great since we got here. The car has satellite radio and a GPS system ...

Gadsden, Alabama, population 42,523. In downtown Gadsden visit the Center for Cultural Arts for traveling exhibits as well as works by local and regional artists; Imagination Place is a hands-on museum, special activities and events include dinner theater, concerts, recitals, dance. The Museum of Fine Arts on West Meighan Boulevard has a permanent collection of paintings, sculpture, prints; monthly changing exhibits feature local and regional artists. This city on the Coosa makes ...