If you have plans to travel to Hawaii and are reconsidering them because of today’s tsunami in the Pacific, please read the following before deciding: Aloha! Attached and below is an official statement from the Hawaii Tourism Authority regarding the tsunami affecting Hawaii today. We’d like to reiterate that there was no reported damage to [...]
Entries from February 2010
February 26, 2010
Black History Month
The end of February is quickly approaching, and with it the end of Black History month. How appropriate to have spent this month in Alabama, the location of extraordinary, courageous acts that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As if in anticipation of coming to Alabama, I found myself reading To Kill A [...]
February 22, 2010
Right in the Storm!
The Cheaha mountain top fell under seige last night. Lightning flashed all around it, attracted by the TV tower, and thunder rumbled and roared. The storm was on top of us! Less than a nanosecond separated the lightning flashes and thunder. For what seemed like a couple of hours, starting at 1:30 a.m., we hunkered under the covers, flinching [...]
February 20, 2010
On Top of the World in Alabama
Cheaha State Park boasts the highest point in the state of Alabama – an elevation of 2,047 feet. I know that doesn’t sound like much to my friends out West, especially Denver friends who drive that change in elevation every time they go to Lookout Mountain on the edge of the city. But it’s high [...]
February 14, 2010
Happy Valentine’s Day!
We hope your Valentine’s Day has been filled with love and laughter. Ours has had all the perfect ingredients, starting with a bright, sunny day. We drove an hour south to Dothan, Alabama, to attend a Unity service. (Like the Religious Science path that we follow, Unity is based on New Thought.) As we’ve experienced [...]
February 13, 2010
Fun in the Snow
While David and I were driving around LakePoint Resort State Park to get photos, we saw this young family putting the final touches on a huge snowman. They had driven up from their home in Florida for a weekend of fun in the snow! The unusual sight of seeing snow in Alabama… their daughter’s first [...]
February 12, 2010
It’s Snowing in Southern Alabama!
Everyone in Eufaula, Alabama, has been anticipating the snow forecast for today. School was canceled, giving the kids a l-o-n-g Presidents Day Weekend. Eufaula hasn’t seen snow since the mid-90s. We’re supposed to get 5 inches of the wet stuff. And wet it is! Great for making snowmen, which I did this morning. Amazing the [...]
February 10, 2010
Bass Fishing Capital of the World Is Mecca for Anglers
Nothing keeps a serious bass angler away from the water – and the chance for big prize winnings. Not rain. And certainly not raw chilly temperatures. The first Saturday of February, more than 100 boats with two anglers each, sped into Lake Eufaula to compete for that day’s bass tournament purse. The ambient temperature was [...]
February 9, 2010
Glennville, Alabama’s Claim to Fame?
Odd what historians choose to highlight about a place. This historic marker, which stands where the town of Glennville once existed, states: “Glennville was the home of the only known lynch mob that bought a newspaper advertisement, acknowledged the deed and published their names. The convicted, a murderer, was a member of a prominent Barbour [...]
February 8, 2010
Why Is It Getting Dark So Early?
The sun set at 5:10 p.m. and the sky turned pitch dark before 5:30 p.m. Had we just time-traveled back to December? We arrived in late January at Lakepoint Resort State Park in southeast Alabama, not at the winter solstice. It wasn’t until I flipped my phone open that I discovered we had crossed into [...]
