Hey Running Mommy! FloraBama Pics 4 U!!

[Mr. Bloom]

Well RM, we got you FloraBama pics. I understand that after the hurricane blew it down, they tried rebuilding it with as much of the original building materials as possible. Kinda like a puzzle!!

Here's proof that redneck will always be accepted somewhere!! When asked why he doesn't just sell out to the condos for development, the owner said "I make a lot more money doing this"!!!

There was a biker convention happening while we drove by:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...a/IMG_0591.jpg

We ventured a bit closer. Note the tarp being used over the roof:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...a/IMG_0592.jpg

This is where I drew the line. My girls are not getting any closer!!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...a/IMG_0593.jpg

Hope these work for you!

Chris

[Mr. Bloom]

by the way, we are finding out that the area is not nearly as depressed as I represented it. it appears that they are expecting a full season again this year. there is lots of new building however there is lots of empty new retail space. Much more of the hurricane debris is finally cleaned up but there is still some here. The market on condos as dropped out.


OOPS!!!!!!!! I just realized that I (silver) posted into Mr. Silver's account. sorry!!!!!

[Running Mommy]

Gotta love the florabama! But yeah, I'm too skeered to go in too!!
You know now you have me hankering for a trip down Alabama way... I'm pondering trying to get a beach rental if I can find one. I really don't want to go the condo route. I love having a house where the kids can cut loose and I don't have to worry about bugging the neighbors..
Anyhoo, thanks for the pics! Hope your having fun. And yeah, I'm a bit jealous. I'd love to be swimming out there right now.
Ciao!
Denise

[silver]

While I hear you on the house...but just go here:

http://www.beachclubal.com/

It's got something for everyone, is self contained but secluded, and is built out of poured concrete, so there's no disturbing the neighbors.

It's halfway between Gulf Shores and Fort Morgan.

[crazycanuck]

Umm...Can i ask where the photos were taken? Is this a special place in the US???

C

[Aint Doody]

Thanks for the pictures of the Florabama--one of my favorite places on the Redneck Riviera. (For those of you who don't know it's in LA -- Lower Alabama--actually on the line between Florida & Alabama). I've had many a raw oyster there and way too many beers, too! What a great area. I'm really missing the deep South right now.

Silvers--did y'all just love the trip? Did you listen to lots of Jimmy Buffet? I'm going to Navarre in July--cannot wait. Hope to cycle with Bad Juju when I'm there.

[Mr. Bloom]

Umm...Can i ask where the photos were taken? Is this a special place in the US???

C

Special Place???? In the BIG scheme of things...NO. It's a dump on the beach...but a testimony that in Alabama, it doesn't have to be nice to be popular.

CC, you have to understand that I grew up in Alabama "thanking God for Mississippi". Why? Because, of the 50 States, Mississippi was always bottom of the list. In Alabama, we could always say "thank goodness we don't have it as bad as Mississippi!"

Now, for the southerners among us and to be fair, Alabama and Mississippi are remarkly prosperous states today...but as recently as 50 years ago, that was not the case in the midst of Civil Rights Abuses, the KKK, and Race Riots. Today, both states stand out as part of the "New South"....and the Alabama Beaches are among the best in the US.