Welcome to Alabama, the Heart of Dixie -- it's heritage, hospitality and history. Whether you're making travel plans, gathering info for a school project, or just roaming 'round the Web, there may be something here about Alabama that will catch your eye. Stay as long as you like, and oh!.. please don't forget to close the door when you leave... the kudzu, ya' know :)
Alabama's 'lay of the land' makes living here enjoyable. The slogan on the interstate sign entering the state, "Alabama the Beautiful", is appropriate. Here in Northeast Alabama it's good to be within sight of hills, forests and mountains, and as a native of the hills of
Kentucky, they help make Alabama home.
Whether you prefer mountains or beaches, heat or cold, lazy and winding country roads or the faster interstates, there's something for you in Alabama, USA. The diverse beauty of this state and its seasonal change make it a nice place to be, whether you're vacationing or hanging your hat here a little longer.
There are no monotonous weather patterns here in northeast Alabama. As the saying goes: "If you don't like the weather now... wait a few minutes." We experience three to four distinct seasons and their gentle rains, lingering droughts, thunderstorms, exquisite lightning displays, humid, torturous heat, wet, fluffy snow, refreshing morning and evening breezes, and quite a few "perfect" days. We have the occasional tornado scare, infrequent inland gale winds like
Hurricane Opal '95 brought us, and an outstanding 24" ALABAMA BLIZZARD (and our
diary!) compliments of
SuperStorm '93 with 'thunder snow' and green lightning.. -hawg heaven! It's a weather-watcher's dream!
Alabama holds her own for mountain beauty, rivaled in the eastern U.S only by the northern Appalachians and the Ozarks a little west of here. You truly "can't see the mountains for the trees" in North Alabama. Fall is especially breath-taking when Alabama dresses her deciduous trees in gorgeous color! Oh yeah.. and the
kudzu.
Enjoy our cybertour of Alabama's nature, rich history, and the South's incomparable Hospitality, and do come back an' see us again, y' hear?
