Alabama

Alabama was one of the first states we researched and sadly, it was one of the states that took heavy losses when it came to the cull. The reason we dropped so much from this state was because the best way to see Alabama is to go north to south. For our trip, we needed to go west to east through the state.

I can see us going back to Alabama after MERTA and having a mini-road trip holiday that allows us to really explore this state.

The following site is one of the best road trip sites I have come across, it's just a shame it only covers Alabama: http://alabama.travel/road-trips

Best bit about this site... there is a mobile app!

State:	Alabama
Towns of Interest: (FB) = Firebreak	Birmingham Mobile
National Parks:	N/A
State Parks of Interest:	Rickwood Caverns State Park Gulf Shores State Park
Places of Interest: (N) = Night Stay	Mobile Gulf Shores State Park Birmingham (N) Vulcan Park and Museum (On the top of Red Mountain just outside Birmingham sits a 50-ton 56-foot tall iron statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. This enormous sculpture, the largest cast iron statue in the world, has been guarding Birmingham since the 1930s and is one of the city’s most important symbols) Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (only blast furnace in the United States to be preserved) Pepper Place Saturday Market Kelly Ingram Park (Historic four acre park in the Birmingham Civil Rights District. It was the location for large demonstrations during the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s) Rickwood Caverns State Park (Guided cave tour)
Routes of Interest:	N/A
Where to Stay:	Birmingham The Redmont Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton ($117) Tourway Inn of Birmingham ($56) Kings Inn Civic Center ($57)