What college student does not like a good taco? In Tuscaloosa, the place is Taco Mama. In college, we really had only two choices for “Mexican” food, Del Taco and Taco Bell. Having these 2 in town was a good thing. Especially when ey got into a price war on Taco Tuesdays. At one point
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Metro Diner Review
When we were visiting my mother in Huntsville Alabama as a part of our college road trip, she was excited to take us to the Metro Diner. My mom discovered the location on Airport Road by accident one afternoon when they were in their pre-opening and serving free food. She was so impressed, this was
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U.S. Space and Rocket Center – The Place to Celebrate Space
The city of Huntsville has used the moniker “The Rocket City” for as long as I can remember. This little city in North Alabama has led the way in the United States space program since before the launch of Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958. That rocket the Jupiter “C” was developed at Redstone
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Dreamland BBQ – An Alabama Original
In 1958 two legends began growing in Tuscaloosa Alabama. That year Coach Paul William”Bear” Bryant came to the football program at UA. The other legend that started that year is Dreamland BBQ. Tuscaloosa was the first stop on our College Roadtrip for the summer. My son wanted to tour the University of Alabama. This gave
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Planning the College Road Trip
Planning the College Road Trip. We are at the point when our oldest son must choose a college to attend. Since it has become a rite of passage for parents and children in America to take a tour of Colleges that students want to attend. My family is no different. This summer we are heading off
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Themed Vacations – Not just for tour companies anymore
I have been thinking about our family travel plans for next summer. Next summer may be our last time to travel as a whole family of 5 since one will be heading off into the world and then we are moving back East. I stumbled onto the idea of building a trip around a theme.
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Recently Allison from funfamily.vacations ask me to write about the top three thing to do in my hometown, Huntsville, Alabama. So check it out below. Top 3 things to do in Huntsville Alabama
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Amateur Traveler – Episode 464 Travel to the Tennessee Valley (Tennessee, Alabama)
Recently I was a guest for the second time on The Amateur Traveler Podcast hosted by Chris Christensen. I talked about where I grew up and the great things to see,do and experience in the Tennessee Valley. You can listen to that episode or read the transcript at the link below. http://usa.amateurtraveler.com/travel-to-the-tennessee-valley-episode-464-transcript/
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Have you ever wanted to go to the Moon or Mars? If so Huntsville is a place you need to visit. Known as the “The Rocket City” Huntsville Alabama is now one of the “High Tech” centers of the world. The city is on several fastest growing and best places to live list. The
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