Trash-to-Treasure Weekend Up to four gal pals, two nights, with breakfast delivered to your door. Total $225.
Use a few hours of your restful weekend in the country to get ideas for turning thrift store finds into beautiful and useful household and personal items. Youʼll also get a list of where to find the best buys in the area, including flea markets at Collinsville on Saturdays and at Mountaintop on Sundays, both less than one hour away from the cottage.Your Familyʼs Vacation in the Country 2 Adults, 2 kids, 4 weekday nights = $200 self-catered
Your summer vacation is waiting for you on three acres in St. Clair County at the foot of Chandler Mountain. The four-room home, with two bedrooms, two porches, and an outdoor fireplace for roasting wieners and marshmallows, has toys, games, and books for all. Blueberries, blackberries, figs, or muscadines may be ripe for picking when you come. The playground and treehouse are always good for fun.
Hike at internationally known Horse Pens 40 only minutes away (www.hp40.com) or at Noccalula Falls in Gadsden (20 miles). If you like water and excitement, tackle the slides at Spring Valley Water Park in Blountsville, less than 40 minutes (springvalleybeach.com). Experience a real Alabama secret at the Anniston Museum of Natural History and Berman museum, about one-hourʼs drive (annistonmuseum.org). Write Your Life - A Weekend Guide To a Beginning For four family members or friends; no worries about breakfast, which will be delivered to your door. $225
Put your thoughts and memories on paper for the future you, as well as for your family. Learn from someone whoʼs done it. Ideas for starting and keeping at the practice gleaned from workshops, along with the reading of a number of helpful books. A bibliography, pencils, paper, and encouragement are furnished. |