Lover’s Leap in Hoover, Alabama: Where Legend and Poetry Meet

View from Lover’s Leap in Hoover, Alabama overlooking Shades Creek

Alabama Road Trip #2 | Travel Made Personal A Leap Into Story Dusty and I didn’t exactly plan to stop here. Lover’s Leap was one of those bonus surprises you only find when you leave the itinerary loose enough for curiosity. We’re both afraid of heights, so stepping onto a rock shelf above Shades Creek … Read more

We Weren’t Planning to Stop Here: Union Station, Montgomery AL

Featured Image: Union Station Montgomery AL

Sometimes the road hands you a story you didn’t know you needed. Dusty and I were driving downtown Montgomery, killing time before the National Memorial for Peace & Justice opened, when we spotted the red-bricked arches of Union Station. The building practically demanded we pull over. We didn’t realize it at the time, but this … Read more

Claybank Church: A Log Cabin Sanctuary With Stories In The Walls

Claybank Log Church & Cemetery

Alabama Road Trip #2 | Side Road Saturday We were headed to chase ghosts, if I remember right.A haunted house, a tip, a rumor. But then a brown sign blinked past our window: Claybank Log Church. Dusty and I locked eyes.The brakes answered before we did. There’s something magical about unplanned stops—the kind that don’t … Read more

Enterprise Alabama Historic Depot Museum – Travel Made Personal

Enterprise Alabama Historic Depot Museum

If there’s one thing Dusty and I have learned on the road, it’s that sometimes the best stories come from the waiting. We rolled into Enterprise, Alabama, a little ahead of schedule for our visit to The Depot Museum. The place wasn’t open yet, so we wandered down Main Street toward a landmark that always … Read more