End of the Trail
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - All good things must come to an end and so it is with our regular weekly visits called Absolutely Alabama, but after more than a quarter century of introducing you to the people and places in our state, we take one last look back.
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We’ve packed a lifetime of memories into the last 25 years, and this was no exception. We discovered things we didn’t know existed like Glamping and Korf Ball.
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We met up and comers and the already famous. Saw backyard farms and roadside que.
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We met patriots....
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And artists...
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Absolutely Alabama even went international with German food and Irish fairies.
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There were groundbreakers and history makers, old Ford’s and flowers.
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We learned about a lodge called Andiamo. That means let’s go.
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We found enterprising flashlight makers, crackers that were smoking hot and who doesn’t love a cool cow?
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There were gardeners and champions, and we even traced our roots, all the way back to the great Gulf Coast.
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There were people making something new out of something old, but we never let the grass grow under our feet even in a place as historic as Rickwood Field.
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There were tea treats and mini-mutts and things to lift our spirits and even discovered some things we thought were gone.
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I learned a lot about mules from Ed Green...
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And the Garden of Eden taught us there is no place like home.
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There were new sports and great memories of an old Bear.
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The whole year seemed like one big picnic, one whistle stop after another.
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From Southern farm tables to Slocumb dairies to mountain inns, the feeling of a feast all around us never left.
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We saw Kelly’s Cullman Garden and the Cook Museum, were welcomed in Whistler, went hog wild and wound up at the beach.
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We’ll always remember this year the way Mark Davis remembers fallen warriors...
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And the Blue and White remembers one little girl.
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We learned about Wills Creek and old campaigners, took one last turn around Troy...
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And would up in Kathy’s Kitchen. What a great place to end it.
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Happy Trails.
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