Apparently finding auto insurance quotes, motorcycles insurance quotes, moving truck rental quotes, internet provider quotes, turning on electricity at the apt., and getting renter's insurance asap for the apt....... are all more important then updating the world (ok, there's only like 3 of you who actually read this, hehe) about our trip to AL!
But the trip to AL was a huge success! One, because we found an apartment we both love, Two, because we talked said apartment down on the price a bit (go US for negotiating :), and Three, because we're both even more excited about the move now due to the gorgeous weather we lucked out on while there, and the nice area we found to live in ....so now I say....SELL OUR HOUSE QUICK! B/c guess what ya'll (you like how I sneak in the southern lingo?!), I can't move to AL until the house is off our hands. I guess one mortgage and one rent payment add up pretty quickly! So Ross gets to go off and enjoy the sunshine while I sit here and freeze away. Call me Jealous. Or Kristin. I go by either :)
But on to our trip....
We arrived Thursday morning to high 60's and sunshine. Apparently we should've packed more t-shirts! Our hotel room at the Residence Inn by Marriott was awesome, although Ross swears the Embassy Suites was much better, but I wasn't about to start complaining considering it was company expensed! Here are a few pics of the room:
Let the apartment hunting begin!
We had a Nissan Sentra rental car. It had only 7 miles on it when we got it, fresh from the dealer....HELLO new car smell :) And that was about where the good of the car stopped. We dropped it off with 450 miles on it. Whew...that was a lot of driving in 4 days!!
Our hotel from the main highway:
Ross' previous stay in Bham at Embassy Suites. I have to admit...it DID look better than ours from the outside, haha.
Our apartment community.... Our garage is on the left of the pic, and our apartment is cut off on the right of the pic.
We're the bottom unit.
A small pathway out to the 'courtyard' area...
That's our back 'patio' that walks directly out to the back courtyard, aka....Dakota's yard....
Sadly...I didn't think to get any pics of the INSIDE of the apartment. O well :) You'll just have to come visit!
City line of Bham....I think I count 4(?!) skyscrapers. Geesh.
Ross drove me out to where he'll be working. Definitely not a town you'd want to live in.
This is the administration building he's working in....
This road leads out to all the steel-making plants. We didn't have access so we only did a drive-by!
Logan's Roadhouse = Yummy Food!
And throwing peanut shells on the floor!! Here Ross is building up his pile, haha...
The waitress thought he was trying to be polite and collecting them to not make a mess. Oh, if she only knew the scheme he was planning!
Haha...and don't worry, his pile was about twice as large once he was ready....
Firebird Grill had awesome steaks! Company expensed? Yes Please! This was our splurge :) This is where Ross' Director brought him when Ross was in town for the interview, and Ross wanted me to try it out.
Wine & Beer sold in the grocery store? CHECK!
Ross' new hot spot...a fishing lake stocked with bass, catfish and a few others.
Do you dare drive to the other side? No thanks. Not in our poor lil' Nissan, lol. But I guess it actually wasn't as deep as it looks....we saw a mini van go through with no fear!
Lastly, we took a short hike the last day to see Peavine Falls in Oak Mtn. State Park. Very hard to capture a photo, but it was a fun little adventure.
And the road leading up to the falls had an awesome overlook.
The end!
~Kristin
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