February 24, 2022
Volume 52 - No. 08
by lyle e davis
First time in Alabama. Ever.
On their final approach into Bir mingham's airport they looked out their window and were amazed at the landscape. Gently rolling hills and trees! Trees for as far as their eyes could see. The Paper - 760.747.7119
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Upon landing and getting their rental car, they drove to Montgomery, about an hour and a half away - more trees. Looked to be mostly white pine. They would inquire and find out later the most of the trees were pine, some magnolia, some blackjack, some oak, but mostly, pine. They were in Alabama for the first time ever, to attend a
Travel Writer's Convention. It's a first-class whing-ding that is held every year and the hosts invite a number of journalists in to meet a wide variety of resorts, of Tourist and Visitor/Convention Bureau type folks . . . all of whom would like the travel writers to write nice things about them and stimulate travel. To do this, they treat journalists rather nicely.
This is Alabama?! Continued on Page 2
First stop was the Renaissance Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. They had stayed in plush hotels before, but none more plush than this. Highly polished marble floors, beautiful tapestries on the walls, exciting and colorful works of art adorning the halls of the entire hotel. They had arrived late and missed the reception so they hunkered down in an oak paneled bar adjacent to