Alabama tourism - what shouldn't we miss?

[Mjolnir]

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[LOKNLOD]

When in Alabama, don't miss Issippi.

[fatdog]

Not sure of your timing, but the big "Gunney Memorial" GSSF match is at the CMP Park near Talladega on 9/21-22 and that is indeed the biggest and best facility where they ever have one of those things...

http://gssfonline.com/match-info.cfm

Saturday is massively crowded, but Sunday my posse and I arrive around 11:00 a.m. and we historically experience near zero wait time for every stage....I have arrived, shot the match, and been gone in about an hour before...if it coincided with your plans (or anybody else within range) we would be happy for you to join us!

[BehindBlueI's]

... stop in Gadsden at Noccalula falls.

Eat at Pruett BBQ. Get the sampler platter. 15.00 of artery clogging perfection.

So roughly a year later:

We passed through the area again this year and we did both. Noccalula Falls was very nice. We hit 4 waterfalls in the general region of Fort Payne and Gadsden, then stayed the night before continuing on the the "Little Grand Canyon" in Georgia. One seasonal one was dry, but the others were all picturesque. Beautiful country.

Pruett was a bit more of a mixed bag. I did get the sampler platter, my wife got beef, my son got pork. The fried chicken was phenomenal and the fried catfish was good, but I thought the barbecue itself was pretty middle-of-the-road. The pork was fine, but not much smoke taste. The beef was dry and basically a pot roast with sweet barbecue sauce. They don't call it brisket, so I don't know what cut it actually was, but also not much in the way of smoke taste. The sauce was also a bit on the sweet side for me, but that's highly subjective. If I went back, I'd stick to the fried chicken with a side of mustard greens and potato salad.

[lwt16]

For chicken and catfish, hit Mud Creek BBQ in Hollywood, AL off 72e and visit Russell cave.

https://m.facebook.com/pages/Mud-Cre...10057352387097

https://www.nps.gov/ruca/index.htm

No charge for Russell Cave and there’s a short but steep hiking trail.



Can’t remember if I mentioned Cheaha state park. Highest point in Ala.

[pangloss]

For chicken and catfish, hit Mud Creek BBQ in Hollywood, AL off 72e and visit Russell cave.

https://m.facebook.com/pages/Mud-Cre...10057352387097

https://www.nps.gov/ruca/index.htm

No charge for Russell Cave and there’s a short but steep hiking trail.

Unless you're tired of BBQ, in which case you should eat at Dave's Pizza in Homewood. I think it is the best pizza in the world, but others disagree. I lived in Birmingham for 6.5 years and sadly, this is the only suggestion I have to contribute to this old thread, which I leave here now for the next person looking for info on Alabama tourism.

When I was a kid, a close family friend was a park ranger at Russell Cave. He was the guy that taught my dad to shoot and who gave me the M1 Garand that's in my safe right now. I haven't been there in decades. Every time I've been close, I thought that I'd squeeze in a stop but never have.

[ranger]

I would at least pass through Monroeville, but I'm a closet literary nerd.

We have a paper mill there and I spent 6 months in Monroeville area - could not imagine going there if not paid to do so.